Intoxicated male restrained during ambulance transport, Hardy County WV


A highly intoxicated male with psychiatric history was being transported in an ambulance with law enforcement help. Due to administration of ketamine, EMS requested permission to restrain him for safety.
Audio|Source: Hardy County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Male patient, highly intoxicated, a lot of ETOA, joint void, extensive psych history, was embedded with the N.S.
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Swinion on us.
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We administered a total of a hundred microbeer,
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a hundred of a tetamine ion, did not get to finish the other dose.
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I do have him in the ambulance with law enforcement assistance,
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just calling to get orders for restraints due to the ketamine administration.
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For your protocol, you don't need orders for self-restraint at this time.
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10-4[1], I think you don't remember.
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Anything you should be able to solve restraint,
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and if PD needs to detain them, they can do that as well, whatever you need to do to maintain your safety.
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Well, we already started that.
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I just want to kind of cover my basis and double check.
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I will call you via laying line and give you an update after the call.
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Okay with you.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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Thanks, thank you.
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Okay.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Hardy County, WV
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