Man suspected of heroin overdose found unconscious in apartment, Reading PA
Medical EmergencyA man in his early 50s was found unconscious in an apartment in Reading, suspected of a heroin overdose. Paraphernalia was seen nearby, and bystanders tried to keep him awake and administered Narcan before emergency services arrived.
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8 Main Main Street Street is number 5. 1st 1st 1st, 1st, 1, 1st, 1, and non-office. They believe it's an overdose. He is known to use heroin, and they did see paraphernalia. The patient is currently inside, the complainant is outside. The nephew is inside of the patient.
00:29
So the caller has very limited information, but he was trying to keep him awake before he left. All right for he has been advised. Correct. Medically. Go ahead, ship an engine on this as well, please. Recy.
00:49
Attention, engine 5, respond. 518, Bingham Street, between Pearl Street and South Number 5, Apartment 1F, box truck, for an overdose. 13.20. 518 is taken up. Engine 518, Bingham Street, Apartment 1F, 52-year-old male in and out of consciousness and making weird noises. They believe he may have overdosed, he is known to use heroin.
01:19
They were trying to keep him awake. We're also being told the patient was snoring when he collapsed initially. They were trying to give him Narcan.
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