Emergency services respond to drowsy male with transport issues, Sodus NY
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an ambulance was requested for a drowsy and anxious 64-year-old male weighing 600 pounds at an apartment near South Geneva Road. The responding units faced difficulties managing bariatric transport and coordinated to find appropriate assistance.
Audio|Heard on: Monroe NY EMS Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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EMS to Pennfield, Wayne County is requesting an ambulance response for a 64-year-old male who is drowsy and anxious.
00:08
To go to Newark-Wain Hospital.
00:10
Near South Geneva Road, apartment 3 between Sodus Center Road and Route 104.
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(number withheld).
00:19
(number withheld) yeah.
00:21
Wayne County says that the patient weighs 600 pounds and they are having difficulty getting the patient into their ambulance.
00:28
There is an ambulance already on scene.
00:31
It sounds like the issue is that it's bariatric.
00:33
Is that something you think you can handle or no? Negative, we do not have a bariatric shift or a bariatric unit.
00:40
All right, that's what I was going to check with before you.
00:42
They just added that.
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I wasn't sure.
00:44
We'll see if we can help them out with somebody with another agency, maybe.
00:49
Would you like to continue or stand out for now?
00:52
Let me just give them a call, find out what they want to do.
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We'll stay by.
00:57
I'm going to put you back in service and hang on to this job.
01:00
They may end up wanting Monroe, who's a 40-minute ETA, but they're going to get with their people and find out if there is anyone else closer.
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You can close.
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All right.
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I'll leave you in service.
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Location mentioned:
S Geneva Rd, Sodus, NY 14551
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