18-year-old female overdoses on cough syrup near Parks Highway, Nenana AK
Emergency responders treated an 18-year-old female who intentionally overdosed on cough syrup at a lodge near Parks Highway. She was conscious, breathing, and experiencing an elevated heart rate.
Audio|Source: Fairbanks North Star Borough Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Station 43, Station 51, Station 51, Command 52, overdose or poisoning, bravo response, Park Highway, operation on tag 3.
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Station 42, Metak 42,
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Station 43, Station 51, Command 52, overdose or poisoning, gravel response,
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8587, Parks Highway, operation on TAC3 City Dispatch, Squad 5-5 en route.
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Copy, Squad 5-5 en route.
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City medic 42 responding with two.
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Copy medic 42.
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Operations,
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Firetack making entry for three.
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City dispatch making entry 4-3.
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City dispatch, 4-5-5.
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Stand by.
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Squad 55, go ahead.
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City, SWAT-55.
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I just want to confirm that this house is near mile 329 of the parks.
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Affirmative.
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Okay, thank you, Park.
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Copy,
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Thank you. We're ready for an update when you have one.
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Okay.
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Stand by for an update.
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Medic 1, Transport, Alpha Response, at helipad 1650, East Cowell Street, operation pack 3.
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Medic 1, Transport, Alpha Response at helipad 1650, East Cowell Street, operation on tag 3.
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I'm going to add fire pack, we have water and the fire.
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We also get ventilation.
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Medics responding to 8587 Parks Highway, responding for an 18-year-old female conscious and breathing.
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She's reporting that she drank a bunch of Delsym cough syrup around midnight and now can't keep anything down, including liquids, and she's complaining of an elevated heart rate.
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She's going to be waiting in the lobby of the lodge with her boyfriend and said she'll come out when she sees the medics.
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Squad, bad copies.
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Was this an attempt of suicide or an accidental overdose?
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She claimed it was intentional at the time and that she regrets it now.
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Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Parks Hwy, Nenana, AK 99760
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