Hospital transport arranged for patient with Alzheimer's, Terre Haute IN
Medical EmergencyA woman needs to go to the hospital but cannot leave her husband with severe Alzheimer's alone. Police and EMS are arranging transport for the husband as the family lives out of town and he cannot be left unattended.
Audio|Source: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
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Transcript:
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You by chance to have an emergency contact for this address for the husband with Alzheimer's.
00:06
320, do you have traffic?
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For our immune shows complete, we'll check the area.
00:11
Nobody at the camp match that description.
00:15
Okay.
00:17
I did not, I can call the RP back and see if we can get something.
00:24
Okay.
00:29
Okay, I'll start to Wabash.
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104.
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Dispatch 706.
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3-3WMA each one of you.
00:47
7.06.
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315, same traffic.
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I've added some more notes.
00:55
You can go ahead and take me out of this, that'll be 1042.
00:58
7.06.
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Traffic list.
01:04
Okay.
01:08
Okay.
01:10
Okay.
01:15
I called the female RFBAC.
01:17
All their family lives out of town.
01:20
She advised she fell and broke her hip sometime last year and whatever unit went out there, allowed the husband to come until they could get a family member to come pick him out from the hospital.
01:31
Correct. We have PD bringing the husband in because he isn't able to get the truck.
01:36
He'll start a unit for transportation of husband.
01:38
That'd be great.
01:40
Well, P.D.
01:42
No.
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dispatch mix and it's going to be complete on a good intent call.
01:51
All right, my next up.
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341.
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25th in Maple.
02:04
We start 1612 here to train west to assist fire, fire sizing.
02:12
The female has to go to the hospital.
02:14
Her husband has severe Alzheimer's.
02:16
She can't be left alone.
02:18
Want to see if you're able to transport the husband to the hospital with them?
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341 to a supervisor.
02:26
2.50 like you go ahead.
02:30
Medics want me to transport a husband to the hospital.
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You clear?
02:36
Do we know why they can't transport him with his wife?
02:44
Negative. They didn't say anything.
02:48
I believe they do have policies that they can't have more than one adult in the back of the ambulance so I can inquire.
02:56
If you could, I haven't heard of that policy.
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Medicaid Central.
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Location mentioned:
Near Locust St, Terre Haute, IN 47803
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