Man found unconscious with possible fume exposure, Olympia WA


A 40-year-old man was found unconscious in a room with a strong smell of fumes. He had low blood pressure and trouble breathing. Emergency medical teams responded and prepared him for transport to a hospital.
Audio|Source: Thurston County Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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Engine 04, Medic 4, Fire-Ops 3, ALS Response, near Patterson Street Northeast, number (number withheld).
00:09
Cross Street is between Martin Way E and View Hill Road Northeast.
00:18
Initially, you had a hard time getting blood pressure, which is what we upgraded for.
00:24
Got early down, oxygen, feed up,
00:27
and found 98 over 48 for blood pressure rate of 80 normal respirations.
00:34
We've got our loaded on to AMR's guarantee now, ready for transport if you're okay with it.
00:43
Medic 10 copies, we are okay with DLS transport.
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Cardinal copy.
00:57
For your patient initially was found unconscious in a room by himself,
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40-year-old,
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and a couple callers reporting a strong smell of fumes.
01:10
They've moved the patient to the end of the hallway on the third floor.
01:18
Before received, can you dispatch battalion 01, please?
01:38
Battalion O-1, ALS response.
01:41
near Patterson Street Northeast, number (number withheld).
01:45
Cross Street is between Martin Way E and View Hill Road Northeast.
01:53
Check four from Engine Force. You guys want to also activate your forecast, so that's rating we can up to when we enter the structure.
01:59
It's great.
02:02
That's already done.
02:09
They're reporting now that the patient's coming around but still having trouble breathing.
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Location mentioned:
Near Washington St NE, Olympia, WA 98501
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