Man with dementia and cancer disoriented at home
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Story County Rural Fire/EMS
03:02
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00:00
Create a 1st strike ambulance unit at (number withheld) 16th Street.
00:03
Maybe a male conscious and breathing with assist.
00:06
RP called back and said she needs you guys to return.
00:09
Again, create a 1st strike ambulance unit at (number withheld) 16th Street.
00:13
Maybe a male conscious and breathing with assist.
00:15
RP called back and said she needs assistance again.
00:18
She's working clear at 1430 .
00:20
Three guys on the radio.
00:23
Copy 1st .
00:30
County, can Nevada use tag four with 700 and twenty-eight?
00:35
Yes, go ahead, 1210 .
00:40
Copy, 700 and twenty-eight, Nevada, tag four.
00:48
Seven hundred and twenty-eight, 1210 , tag four.
00:52
Go for 700 and twenty-eight.
00:59
Yeah, we just returned from the call with subject.
01:02
He's quite disoriented, dementia, cancer patient.
01:08
Smells like Comatol.
01:10
He's mostly resistant to his actions.
01:17
In through the garage of a gray house with red shingles, or red shingles rather.
01:23
Story County, 864.
01:25
Hello. 864 and 1210 have arrived.
01:34
Okay, 14, thank you.
01:36
Seven twenty-eight, 1210 on tech four.
01:40
Copy that.
01:44
What's your current location?
01:49
We're about 2 min out.
01:58
Okay, we're kind of in that common chasm between routine medical care and hospice.
02:07
He, as I mentioned earlier, is a victim of brain cancer, dementia, erratic behavior, disorientation as to location, times, and so forth.
02:21
It's not clear what the options are.
02:25
I think you know that issue with hospice better than anybody, but that's what you'll be arriving with.
02:35
He had some trouble from a previous call just getting back from the bathroom, and that's where we stand now.
02:42
He's resting comfortably in bed, but I don't know how bad he is.
02:46
Seventy-eight, is this hospice fighter or the nurse been contacted?
02:52
The spouse has attempted and is attempting to make contact with him.
02:57
To the best of my knowledge, she hasn't had successful contact today.
03:02
Copy.
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