Behavioral patient threatens overdose during welfare check, Las Cruces NM
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, fire and police responded to a welfare check near Wesley Drive. A male patient with behavioral issues threatened to overdose. The caregiver said he has no direct access to medicine but may know how to get it. The patient was walking outside wearing a green shirt and blue shorts.
Audio|Heard on: Las Cruces/Dona Ana Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We have fire 55 and light two en route near Wesley Drive.
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Initial call was a welfare check. The reporter stated that the client
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is threatening to take meds to end his life.
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Our visa caregiver,
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advising the male did not have direct access to the meds, but the key to the medicine cabinet was next to the medicine cabinet and he was smart enough to know how to get to it.
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A male is a...
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He is a behavioral patient and he does hit himself but negative on hitting others.
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Our page is going to be standing by in a Chevy Cruze.
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Blue brown in color out front.
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Male subject is currently walking around outside back and forth in a green shirt and blue shorts.
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Location mentioned:
Wesley Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88012
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