Rapid blood sugar drop alarms on Bronx Street, Monte Vista CO
Urgency rises as a 64-year-old near Bronx Street suffers rapid blood sugar drop after wrong insulin; emergency crews respond as usual remedies fail.
Audio|Source: Rio Grande Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Near Bronx Street, a 64-year-old male is conscious and breathing after taking wrong insulin, causing a fast blood sugar drop.
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Monte Vista PD.
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Okay,
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Can you send me the address again, please?
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Affirmative, near Bronx Street.
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Copy, we will head that way.
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Copy, thank you.
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21-22.
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Monte Vista PD?
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Hello, 1-2-1-2-1-2 reporting something.
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Copy, 21-25.
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Now 11-212, same pair of it.
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Copy, 21-25.
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Monte Vista Fire.
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On EMSO for an update.
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Go ahead. Monty officers are on scene; patient conscious and breathing with no hazards.
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Patient returned from dinner recently. At the time of insulin, blood sugar was 189.
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He administered 10 units of insulin.
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Last reading shows blood sugar now at 64.
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He consumed concentrated orange juice, candy, and glucose tablets, but blood sugar remains low.
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He has a history of diabetes.
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Understood.
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Location mentioned:
Monte Vista, CO 81144
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