Wheelchair user refuses help and threatens self near Route 22, Canaan NY
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders are assisting a wheelchair-bound person near NY-22 in Canaan who is refusing help and stating a wish to be left alone on the roadside, expressing suicidal thoughts.
Audio|Source: Columbia County Sheriff and Fire, Hudson Police
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Transcript:
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2C19 respond to the area of the Berkshire Travelage, near NY-22 for 22 County Canaan.
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We have shot in rescue out with a patient along near NY-22.
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They're requesting control states that they are securing an RMA[1].
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However, they'll need assistance with getting the patient off the side of the road.
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The patient is wheelchair bound.
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2C19, assigned their route,
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1960.
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1-9, Sheriff's Office, copy the Lack.
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One of the 2C1-9.
00:45
That's a firm, 19.
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Call me out on the 2C19.
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BATU-2.
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BATU-2C-19 update from Chatham Rescue.
01:11
They're reporting the patient is refusing to let EMS take him back to the hotel.
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He wants to be left on the side of the road and made a reference to EMS that he hopes he gets hit by a car in 1918.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
RMA: Refused Medical Attention
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Location mentioned:
Near NY-22, Canaan, NY 12029
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