Elderly man treated for diabetic emergency on Veterans Hwy, Terra Alta WV
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were dispatched to near Veterans Memorial Highway for a 76-year-old man who was found on the floor and suspected of cardiac arrest. The man is a severe diabetic and had recently been hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg. On arrival, responders noted that he had passed out but was breathing and had sugar given by the caller. The patient was speaking and talking normally at the time of update. The situation was determined to be a diabetic emergency rather than cardiac arrest. The response was stood down after assessment.
Audio|Source: Preston County Fire and EMS
03:41
Transcript:
00:00
Rest and call center, station 11 Terra Alta, company 11 Terralton need to respond.
00:05
Possible cardiac arrest near Veterans Memorial Highway, Corinth area,
00:12
Tom of Alert, (number withheld).
00:14
(number withheld) Compton.
00:16
(number withheld), go ahead.
00:20
We're in route.
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(number withheld) and route (number withheld) break.
00:27
Go ahead.
00:30
(number withheld). You're only near Veterans Memorial Highway.
00:36
It's going to be for a 76-year-old male.
00:39
Caller Vice, he's a severe diabetic because the monitor is not working.
00:44
He was on the floor.
00:45
He just got him from the hospital with a blood clot in his leg, but have been fixed breaks.
00:51
Go ahead.
00:55
(number withheld).
00:56
They did a sternum rub.
00:59
He had just passed out.
01:01
They have sugar in his mouth now.
01:03
Right.
01:04
Go ahead.
01:12
He's breathing but not alert or talking.
01:19
Do they have another way to check your sugar?
01:26
See? Bye.
01:33
Callum Center (number withheld).
01:37
Chief 11, Maddie 11.
01:41
Go ahead, Tomp.
01:48
They're trying to get the monitor charged.
02:01
That's what seems.
02:05
Chief 11, (number withheld).
02:10
Go ahead, Tee's Loan.
02:14
Do you want anything from us? It sounds like it might not be a cardiac arrest.
02:21
I'll update you when we get there. It doesn't sound like it is, but I'll let you hear you.
02:29
(number withheld), we're just going to stand by the nation.
02:34
By afternoon. By after soon.
02:48
Six and eight, they call or advise that the gentleman is speaking and talking normally for herself.
02:55
I have to see, we're just a bit or two out.
03:03
Speaking and talking at this time, possibly going to be a diabetic emergency.
03:10
Okay, that's receipt. We're just going to stand by and station if they need lip-sift or anything less now.
03:17
Company 11, I'm starting.
03:27
(number withheld), Company 11.
03:28
Can you advise Company 11? Can you advise Company 11 they can stand down?
03:40
(number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Near Veterans Memorial Hwy, Terra Alta, WV 26764
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