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Unresponsive man found in church basement sparks emergency response, Gormania WV
Medical EmergencyA male in his 60s was found unresponsive and not breathing in the basement of a church after calling a caller for hospital transport, which triggered an urgent EMS and law enforcement response.
Audio|Heard on: Hardy County Public Safety
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03:37
Transcript:
00:00
Was the patient home with this individual every night, do they have any medical history?
00:07
That's negative.
00:09
Caller advising that the patient called him to take him to the hospital earlier.
00:14
He stopped by with his truck, waited for him outside.
00:18
The patient never came outside, so the caller went to check on him and found him there.
00:25
Okay, if you would, go ahead and start law enforcement or possible unattended, please.
00:31
10-4[1]-the-th argument, don't.
00:42
Company 130, your second alert, 9269, George Washington Highway for the EMS assist.
00:50
Unconscious, unresponsive, not breathing, male.
00:53
Company 130, your second alert for the EMS assist 9269, George Washington Highway.
00:59
The male, unconscious, unresponsive, not breathing.
01:03
Second alert, 825.
01:15
Company 130,
01:17
the EMS assist 9269, George Washington Highway, with the male unconscious and no response, not breathing.
01:23
Company 130, the second alert.
01:26
The EMS is 6, 9269, George Washington Highway.
01:29
The male unconscious and no response is not breathing.
01:32
Second, 1.8.25.
01:39
As we're en route to the cardiac arrest at 9269.
01:46
It's going to be 9269, George Washington Highway.
01:51
Operations will be on Grant-Tac 3.
01:54
Okay. That's true.
01:59
It's all on in the Tac 3.
02:05
You're responding for a male in his 60s found,
02:09
in the basement of the church.
02:11
Was initially,
02:13
the patient had called our caller to take him to the hospital.
02:17
Caller had been waiting outside for him to come out so they could go to the hospital.
02:21
Eventually, our caller went in to check him and found the subject, possibly deceased.
02:26
Subjects not wanting to do CPR.
02:29
Go ahead.
02:34
Okay, are they doing CPR now?
02:40
All right, that's Chief.
02:41
Do you have any other units responding to this?
02:46
Affirmative. If you have a medic 9-1.
02:50
I have my Mouthstorm crew en route ALS as well as myself.
02:54
I want to stay going on scene if they should be able to advise you further either they still need you or not.
02:59
Great, Grancon, did you alert 130 as well?
03:04
Affirmative.
03:06
Okay, thank you.
03:11
Okay, 27, that's she, thank you.
03:18
This will be down Locative Avenue.
03:24
They did advise that was your best access.
03:31
Okay.
03:35
Rescue Local 44-4, second alert.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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