Elderly man found unresponsive with high blood sugar, Tacoma WA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency crews responded to a welfare check for an elderly man near South Pine Street who was found unresponsive with altered mental status and very high blood sugar.
Audio|Heard on: Tacoma Fire
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Engine 7, Channel A2, BLS, sick person, near South Pine Street.
00:07
Engine 7, Channel A2, BLS, sick person, near South Pine Street.
00:14
Time 1715.
00:16
Engine 9, MediC4 on scene.
00:22
PPD should bring you around to the alley, around back.
00:27
We have a 70s mail.
00:30
This was a welfare check.
00:32
We found down and altered.
00:37
We see you making our way down the alley.
00:44
Engine 9, do we need the airway back?
00:53
MediC4, yes, bring your airway in.
00:55
We just got blood sugar 556.
00:58
Unable to get a blood pressure at this time.
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Location mentioned:
S Pine St, Tacoma, WA 98409
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