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Female patient with post-surgery wound infection reported, Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyA female patient near Merle Hay Road reported feeling sick. She recently had surgery and the wound appears to be infected or having complications.
Audio|Heard on: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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01:18
Transcript:
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Medics 9, near Merle Hay Road.
00:09
Near Merle Hay Road on a sick person, go to Channel 2 Response 1[1].
00:14
Medicines 9, time is 1131.
00:21
Dispatch the DC1 on Channel 4.
00:25
The DC1. Copy loud and clear.
00:29
Yep, copy you find from this end as well, thank you.
00:33
D-2-1, copy.
00:38
Thanks very helpful for returning back to that one.
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1132.
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1232.
00:48
Medical one, see.
00:54
Meg, 9,
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Near Merle Hay,
00:58
It's a sick person,
01:02
a female, just recently had surgery as a wound that apparently infected or has some sort of a problem with a wound that recently had surgery done on it.
01:16
It weighs about 280 pounds.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Response 1: Non-emergency response without lights or sirens; reduced priority.
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Location mentioned:
Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310
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