Medical emergencies for seizure and hypertension in Tacoma, Tacoma WA
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical units respond to two separate incidents in Tacoma: one person having a seizure on South 14th Street, and another person with high blood pressure symptoms on South Jackson Avenue.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
02:18
Transcript:
So maybe four. You serve me a medic unit for an altered patient. Pitch four, yeah, medic four. Eighty-four, medic four. Seventy-four, Medi-Fifty. Seizure, 813, South 14th Street. Medic 4, Channel A2, ALS[1], seizure, 813, South 14th Street, time 1750. Medic 4 join Engine 4 on scene. ALS upgrade[3] for altered 1751. Page 16, you have 8-4. 816 received. 8.4. Channel 8-2, BLS[2], sick person, 851, South Jackson Avenue. Aid, 4, Channel 82, DLS, 6,152. Coming from engine 16, can you cancel our BLS transport and upgrade this to ALS for hypertension? 16, you have Medic 1. Break 8-4, you can cancel. A-4 with you. A-4 with you. Medic 1, Channel A-2, ALS, upgrade, 851. South Jackson Avenue, Medic 1, Channel A2, ALS, upgrade, 851, South Jackson Avenue, time 1754. Medic 1 join engine 16 on scene, ALS upgrade, 1754.
So maybe four. You serve me a medic unit for an altered patient. Pitch four, yeah, medic four. Eighty-four, medic four. Seventy-four, Medi-Fifty. Seizure, 813, South 14th Street. Medic 4, Channel A2, ALS[1], seizure, 813, South 14th Street, time 1750. Medic 4 join Engine 4 on scene. ALS upgrade[3] for altered 1751. Page 16, you have 8-4. 816 received. 8.4. Channel 8-2, BLS[2], sick person, 851, South Jackson Avenue. Aid, 4, Channel 82, DLS, 6,152. Coming from engine 16, can you cancel our BLS transport and upgrade this to ALS for hypertension? 16, you have Medic 1. Break 8-4, you can cancel. A-4 with you. A-4 with you. Medic 1, Channel A-2, ALS, upgrade, 851. South Jackson Avenue, Medic 1, Channel A2, ALS, upgrade, 851, South Jackson Avenue, time 1754. Medic 1 join engine 16 on scene, ALS upgrade, 1754.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ALS: Advanced Life Support (high-acuity medical emergency)
[2]
BLS: Basic Life Support (lower-acuity medical emergency)
[3]
ALS upgrade: Request to escalate response to a higher medical emergency level
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Location mentioned:
Near S Jackson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98465
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