Diabetic man unresponsive, breathing slightly better, Preston County WV


A diabetic man was found unresponsive for about 20 minutes near Big Sandy Rd. He was breathing slightly better and opening his eyes but remained unresponsive, pale, and clammy. He had not eaten since morning.
Audio|Source: Preston County Fire and EMS
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Preston County, go ahead.
00:01
(name withheld), (name withheld), I'm still on the line with a caller.
00:02
They're advising he's probably been unresponsive for about 20 minutes.
00:05
They tried to turn him, road, got no response.
00:07
They did advise he's now starting to breathe a little bit better, was opening his eyes.
00:10
He is a diabetic guy.
00:11
I did ask him to try to find something to check his fingers thick.
00:14
They're doing that now. 3-1s direct, thank you.
00:15
682, the advice patient is still breathing.
00:18
The advice is now his eyes are rolled back in his head.
00:20
He's still not responding to them.
00:22
Not received.
00:23
3-1 is direct. Pressing County to Gary County, 3-1.
00:25
Go ahead for 3-1.
00:27
Garrett 3-1. From Quistadmills Road, you're going to make a left on the Big Sandy Road and go around the turn of it.
00:32
That puts you on the Palmer Drive.
00:33
It would be the second residence on your left.
00:35
You have an approximate ETA?
00:36
Approximately 15 minutes.
00:37
Garrett, 3-1, that's copy.
00:38
They don't have any way to tuck his fingerstick either.
00:40
Darren 3-1, Medics, 682.
00:42
682, go ahead for 3-1.
00:44
We get about a 16-minute ETA.
00:47
We're coming up past T-Like now, so we should get there about the same time you do.
00:51
That's received. They don't have a way to check his finger stick.
00:54
He hasn't eaten since this morning and this morning now he ate some sausage.
00:57
That's usually the cover direct.
00:58
3-1's direct.
00:59
Everyone, there should be a female out there somewhere in the front of the residence to guide you in.
01:03
Three ones direct, thank you.
01:04
to Garrett 3-1.
01:06
They're by then the patient's kind of opening his eyes, but still out of it.
01:09
He is still breathing, has that pulse.
01:11
So he's very clammy and pale.
01:12
Probably correct. 3-1's direct.
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Location mentioned:
Big Sandy Rd, West Virginia 26525
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