Man suspected of stroke in cornfield near rural home, Grinnell IA
Medical EmergencyA man in a cornfield near a rural home in Grinnell, IA, is suspected to have had a stroke or seizure. Emergency responders coordinated to reach him through the fields, with logistical challenges due to field conditions. The landowner advised against ambulance access to the area, so responders tried to transport the man to the road themselves to meet the ambulance.
Audio|Source: Poweshiek County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead for 91.
00:03
They want you to go to near 5510 Avenue.
00:07
They're going to take that mail there.
00:08
He is coming to, he is breathing, but they think he had a stroke or a seizure.
00:16
Copy that, thank you.
00:22
Any updates on his status?
00:28
I do not. He is breathing.
00:31
They're taking them back to that residence.
00:33
All they know is he's possible to have a stroke or a seizure.
00:40
217 from Cal.
00:42
Good.
00:46
I don't know if you saw it or not, but probably not.
00:50
(name withheld) called from McNally's.
00:52
I answered it as a public assist, but she's basically calling because she's getting phone calls and text messages.
01:00
She believes from that female that you trespass, she would like to talk to you.
01:11
10, 4. I'll head that way.
01:21
1023. We're going to be east of that address on the cornfield on the east side of the cornfield.
01:31
Ten far.
01:32
Ninety-one from me.
01:36
Go ahead for 91.
01:39
7910, just so today, they're going to be just east of that address out from the cornfield.
01:43
There is going to be a mail that area is going to be able to drop to direct you.
01:51
Copy that, thank you.
01:57
You still have somebody on the line.
02:01
I do not. I just disconnected.
02:03
Do you anything to call them back?
02:06
Yes, please make sure that somebody's up there by that entrance of that residence so they can guide people.
02:10
We're way back here on the south side of the field.
02:14
Advise everybody you're going to have to go east after you get in the field entrance and then you'll wrap south and then back west and we'll be on the west side of where the standing corner is.
02:31
10-4[1]. The county from 91.
02:39
91, go ahead.
02:43
Pia and as the deputy if we're going to be able to get the ambulance back there.
02:48
Same back.
02:51
Okay.
02:53
One, where do you direct his directions, though?
02:58
Two-time any call us.
03:04
No.
03:10
I'm gonna have traffic on JVGEL.
03:14
No.
03:20
I'm 23.
03:23
Nighty-one was wondering if they were going to be able to get the Envy ones back there.
03:29
I'm just hitting the field.
03:37
I think they'll be able to get through.
03:41
Where they're going, it's cut corn.
03:44
Okay, okay.
03:50
Copy that, thank you.
03:56
Okay, thank you. Okay, 10.
04:00
Okay, go ahead.
04:03
We're trying to load him to the back of the truck and get him to the road.
04:06
10-4[1]. Do you want 91 to stay at the road?
04:15
10-9[2].
04:17
Do you want 91 to stay at the road if you get him loaded up?
04:27
Stand by for a second.
04:28
Are they at the house right now?
04:34
Hold on.
04:38
Tang, they just got at their residence right now.
04:42
Ten-four. If they feel like they can head east from in that cornfield, and then when they get to the fence, turn back south.
04:55
Yeah, ten-four.
05:01
They're up by the semi.
05:06
Ten Ford, they're living in the truck right now and they're going to meet the ambulance as they're coming through the field.
05:17
$2191.
05:20
991, go ahead.
05:23
Landowner on site is saying that it's not advisable for the ambulance to go back there.
05:26
We're going to turn around right here by the field entrance and get things ready.
05:32
Ten floor.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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10-9: Repeat (say again)
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Grinnell, IA 50112
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