Medical emergency upgraded to psychiatric crisis at Poplar Ave, East Palo Alto CA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders attended a medical call for a 69-year-old male near Poplar Avenue in East Palo Alto. The situation was escalated to a psychiatric emergency under code 5150.
Audio|Source: San Mateo County EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Reduce to Code 2[2] for E&D, 69-year-old male, sit call.
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Okay.
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2-2, part of 251.50,
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2-2 near Poplar Avenue, East College across Garden Bay.
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Pardon 501-50, 2.
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Two County.
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Two, County.
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Two, two, probably call.
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Two,
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two, two, you could actually cancel. It's going to be a code three, fifty one fifty now.
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Two, two, two, that we canceled.
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676 party 15150[1] 2 near Poplar Avenue East Palo Alto across the garden in bay code 351 50150 medic 76 4 close 67 72 plus 9
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
5150: Involuntary psychiatric hold for evaluation (California W&I Code)
[2]
Code 2: Urgent response without lights or sirens; proceed safely and obey all traffic laws.
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Location mentioned:
Near Poplar Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
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