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Child hospitalized after ingesting unknown pills, West Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders treated a 7-year-old child who intentionally ingested about 40 unknown pills near 2nd Street in West Des Moines.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Ambulance 173.
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Overdose, near 2nd Street.
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Ambulance 173, overdose,
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near 2nd Street.
00:09
Cross streets are Walnut Street and Locust Street.
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Timeout, 1421.
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That's 173 from Westcom.
00:26
Good.
00:29
So we're going to have you on the merchant response to near 2nd Street for an overdose.
00:34
RP states the 7-year-old male took about 40 pills of unknown kind.
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We're getting more information as it comes in.
00:49
1422.
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Ambulance, 173 from Westcom.
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Good.
01:03
Looks like it was intentional.
01:04
It's going to be a first-do emergent response.
01:07
Unknown what kind of pills it was.
01:11
Gabby, thank you.
01:14
1423. POS.
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Location mentioned:
2nd St, West Des Moines, IA 50265
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