Elderly man found combative in hoarding home, Kiowa CO
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders assisted an 85-year-old man found lying on the floor in a home with severe hoarding. The man was conscious and breathing but combative. Law enforcement helped move the patient at a location near State Highway 86 in Kiowa, Colorado.
Audio|Heard on: Douglas and Elbert County Fire Districts
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02:24
Transcript:
00:00
Fire engine 221, Matt Baden, Lincoln, 5.4.
00:04
On a delta level medical assist, near State Highway 86, I'll hover Office 1, speaking for fire and engine 221, Matt Baden, Lincoln, 5,4.
00:14
On a delta level medical assist, near State Highway 86, I'll hovered Office 1, Dispatch there 248.
00:23
Dispatching, 6, man.
00:27
Go ahead.
00:29
Do you cancel the second Cuyahua dispatch and dispatch an engine at Elizabeth?
00:38
April.
00:40
Hi, for you.
00:46
Do you need the additional?
01:00
Yes, please.
01:01
Can you tell us, did NU's emergent?
01:08
86 command?
01:11
Go ahead.
01:13
Do you need an N271 emergent?
01:19
Not emergent, it's just a difficult situation.
01:22
We've got towers of garbage and newspapers about as tall as our responders.
01:31
Hi, copy, break.
01:35
Engine 271, you can respond reduced.
01:38
It's going to be an 85-year-old male, conscious and breathing.
01:42
He's laying on the floor, being combative with his life.
01:46
What else have county on scene?
01:52
Copy additional, you can choose to reduce.
01:58
2050.
02:03
Dispatch, 86 command.
02:08
86 command.
02:11
Law enforcement has agreed to help move a patient.
02:13
Can you stand down, Elizabeth 271?
02:17
A-frame break.
02:19
Engine 271.
02:22
Engine 271 copies direct in service.
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Location mentioned:
CO-86, Kiowa, CO 80117
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