Man on ventilator struggles with malfunctioning device, Grand Junction CO
Medical EmergencyA 30-year-old man on a ventilator near Pear Lane was having trouble breathing due to a ventilator malfunction. The caregiver was panicked and unable to fix the device. There was mention of minor injuries from a fall during treatment. Law enforcement and medical help were requested.
Audio|Source: Mesa County and Grand Junction Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Clifference to rescue engine A, respond near Pear Lane.
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Quick, quickly breathing, close 30, timeout, 21, 32.
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Email, 22.
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Email,
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22.
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Same Bill, 22.
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And we're out.
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Kathy and Jenny and Bill 22 show you both around near Pear Lane.
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30-year-old male, conscious and breathing with difficulty, he is on a ventilator and it is having an issue.
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Harpy is pretty panicked and doesn't know how to fix the ventilator, it's the same low volume, not working.
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Code 3[1].
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Copy Copy.
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Can you stack me back to the 3484's call?
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We have... ...alistry?
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Plus.
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2737.
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Thank you, Shane. You both are around to the area of 382 weeping military. The RP has calling from this address, advising there are two subjects, approximately two houses north,
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of this address that are yelling at each other and punching vehicle windows.
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Continuing, they are being aggressive towards each other. R.P. advise they do this often. No weapon seen, unenotoxication.
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It is a male and female.
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I copy.
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2135.
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2622. You can stack me and clear 2737. I'll take the back.
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I can copy things.
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2474.
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You can clear at 2685.
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Copy. Copy.
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Okay, man, 22.
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Can you start as law enforcement, please?
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I apologize, start who?
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Can you start as law enforcement, please?
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Okay, Fram, we're going to give somebody freedom.
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It's your name. It's your name on T.
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Debbie.
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2474
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24 24
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Just advising no descriptions of the subject The RP is only hearing them He heard the female yell that she was going to kill the male I believe they are near the parking lot of the park area Heck up
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2137
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3455 3470 if you can stack copy on and assist to the squad near Pear Lane
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3455 for both
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was going to near Pear Lane.
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There was a male there that was on a ventilator. The ventilator started beeping and acting strange.
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The RP was panicked. She's a caregiver and didn't know how to fix it, and so something was going off.
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There was then some talk about him bleeding and some injuries due to a fall when she was giving him a nebulizer treatment, and was just requesting law enforcement code too.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 3: Emergency response with lights and sirens
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Location mentioned:
Near Pear Lane, Grand Junction, CO 81504
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