Person with dementia refuses help during crisis, Kansas City MO
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders are called to a location near East 43rd Street for a psychiatric crisis involving a person with dementia who refuses help but is nonviolent.
Audio|Source: Kansas City Fire
03:59
Transcript:
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So this guy's walking.
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He doesn't want any help, but he has a friend who won't let it go, says he's got dementia and he needs help.
00:10
So we're still on this previous call.
00:12
You'll have to send someone to the call you just dropped us on.
00:15
I have a police and another ambulance respond to...
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I'll get an address, so it's on 43rd Street.
00:27
Copy Southpore 59, you're wanting me to reopen your original call that you were on, take you off of this one, and then you're going to give me an address to update that call? That's correct.
00:40
East 43rd Street.
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That's copy, Drake.
00:46
Rescue one's home.
00:53
Top of 50 Wall with Madag 39, 3931 Ridgeway Avenue, seizure at 4.
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Just back fromper 39, I want to make you have the police responding.
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Top of the day, 9 we're getting a number responding, correct.
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Topper 50, Wals, at Medi, 39, 59-3-1 Ridgeway Avenue, seizure, 8, 4.
01:17
Pover 52, 80th Terrace.
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Investigate Arking Electrical, A4[1].
01:25
Meg 339th age.
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Pover 52, 80th Terrace.
01:33
Investigate Arking Electrical, A4[1].
01:40
dispatch 533 to be in service, you to be out of service for equipment and decon.
01:46
533, in service from a car to service, equipment, and decon.
01:54
5354 with Pumper 39, East 43rd Street, Psychiatric 84.
02:01
Pumper 51 responding.
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Medi 554 with Pumper 39, East 43rd Street.
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Psychiatric, A4[1].
02:13
Pumper 51, so you responding.
02:17
We have you going with Medi-39, a 59-31 Ridgeway Avenue.
02:21
This is going to be on a seizure.
02:27
Car 108, Pumper 16, Pumper 44, Medi4, 152, Westbound, I-29, Traffic Action, A3.
02:35
Car 108, Pumper 16, Pumper 44, Medi4.
02:39
And we are asking that you stay, it looks like there's some history here of mental instability, so a possible psych patient.
02:49
Dispatch Pumper 39, no need for that ambulance to stay.
02:52
They can just come on in with you.
02:54
We do have PDA and round.
02:55
152 westbound in I-29.
02:58
Traffic accident, 83.
03:01
51 copies.
03:04
Dispatch Pumper 39.
03:06
We're at 43rd and Pittman now.
03:09
You want me to change us to 4?
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We'll update you, 43rd in Pittman.
03:16
Did you want the medic to stage or just come on in with you? And then, yeah, you can switch over to 4 after you confirmed that with me.
03:22
Number 52, responding.
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Yes, they can come on in.
03:26
He's nonviolent.
03:27
He just wants to walk around with one shoe on, and like I said, dementia, but we're going to four.
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Pumper 52, show you responding.
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Copy that. Pover, 39.
03:38
I'll get four updated for you.
03:41
Pumper 52. We have you on the East 80 is tears.
03:44
This is going to be for Arkham Electrical.
03:46
We do have Evergian Route.
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4. You can proceed in.
03:54
We have Comfort 39 on scene.
03:56
We now are going to the intersection of 43rd in Pittman.
Police codes explained
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[1]
A4: Low-priority, Alpha-level medical or EMS response (determinant 4) for non-urgent situations.
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Near E 43rd St, Kansas City, MO 64133
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