73-year-old man on hospice found not breathing, Bluefield WV
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were called to near Orange Lane for a 73-year-old male patient who was not breathing. The man was on hospice care and had not been revived. CPR was not performed, and it appeared the patient had been deceased for several hours.
Audio|Heard on: Mercer County Public Safety and WV State Police
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
To the Bluefield Rescue and Bluefield Fire First responders,
00:05
please respond near Orange Lane for a 73-year-old male not breathing.
00:16
He is on hospice.
00:19
It's 6.27.
00:27
Seven time you can go ahead and clear that panic alarm it reaches the ridge road.
00:45
Seven time do you need anything negative.
00:56
Control 06, responding to the Sheriff.
01:05
06, I saw you responding at 630 to incident number (number withheld), again that's (number withheld), to near Orange Lane for a 73-year-old male, not breathing, he's been on hospice,
01:18
they did not do CPR,
01:20
it seems like he's been gone for a couple hours.
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Location mentioned:
Orange Ln, Bluefield, WV 24701
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