Emergency services respond to welfare check for unresponsive person, Lynnwood WA


Emergency medical and fire units responded to a welfare check near 188th St SW after a third party could not contact the person. The medical status was unknown, so advanced life support was dispatched.
Audio|Source: Snohomish County Fire Primary Response
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Transcript:
00:00
Medic 21, engine 23.
00:03
MedQ response, near 188th St SW.
00:08
Number 2-13B, respond on tack 2, near 188th St SW.
00:17
So come engine 15, you can cancel engine 23 if they're respondent from quarters.
00:21
Coming to engine 23, I'll shake there.
00:26
I'm injured five.
00:28
Engine five.
00:31
Is this a wellness check requested by a third party?
00:38
Affirmative.
00:40
And no contact with the patient.
00:46
I have the ALS criteria.
00:52
Well, it says consciousness unknown, so that's why it won ALS.
01:00
Consciousness unknown because we're unable to reach them by phone? Well, that's it.
01:10
So if you can cancel Medic 1 and start EPD.
01:15
Recit, Medic 1, cancel.
01:18
Thank you, Engine 5.
01:23
Injofi, that was my thought, too.
01:24
It should be just a welfare check for PD, but the calling party requested EMS specifically.
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Enter 5, thank you.
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