Medical emergency aboard cruise ship at PortMiami terminal, Miami FL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a medical emergency involving a patient in the medical area aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Freedom of the Seas docked at Terminal AA in PortMiami. A nurse was with the patient and there were communication challenges due to a language barrier. The patient was reported as not moving and not breathing. Emergency personnel confirmed the location and provided assistance.
Audio|Heard on: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Dispatch Channels
Listen to dispatch call
03:31
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue 39, we're en route to Terminal AA, Royal Caribbean, Freedom of the Seas.
00:07
39 copy, a nurse is advising that the patient is in the medical area.
00:16
Copy that patient is in the medical area.
00:20
That's correct.
00:21
That's for 9-1-1.
00:22
They were using a translator.
00:23
There's a bit of a language barrier.
00:25
The nurse is with the patient.
00:26
The patient's in the medical area within the terminal and the ship is arrival.
00:36
Engine 5-8, for the complainant on scene, they're advising they think the patient is at 45, they state patient not moving, not breathing.
00:43
Advise if you want an EMS, Captain on the call.
00:47
Engine 5A, confirming it's a turnpike southbound south of 8th Street.
00:52
That's affirmative.
00:54
They're pulled over on the right shoulder.
00:57
It looks like it's mapping closer to Coralway.
01:02
Agent 5A, go us en route.
01:04
You know how to start in the U.S.
01:06
Captain Willemite.
01:08
Copy rescue 5A, confirm you en route.
01:12
Crescent 5A, no, out.
01:15
Copy en route.
01:18
Agent 56 and quarters.
01:22
6.5.5.5.5.6 copy quarters.
01:27
More traffic car received dispatch to QRV.
01:32
Copy QRV, QRV-59.
01:33
Responding to an alarm rename building 708 cargo.
01:42
Curevvvvvailability public.
01:44
QRV 59, copy you.
01:46
Refying to an alarm name building 708 cargo.
01:52
202-8 cargo. 2.2AJAX the main.
01:56
8202 of Jackson May 626-8 County.
02:02
Building 7-08, cut down, any shows.
02:04
20.
02:05
All right now Cuevv-5-9.
02:12
QRV-5-9. Just say we're en route.
02:16
Copy en route, 0626-2-C2nd.
02:23
Arrest you 39.
02:31
We've just arrived at terminal A and this is icon of the C's here, not freedom of the C's.
02:37
Confirm. Confirm.
02:43
Dispatcher, all it says is Freedom of the Seas.
02:46
That's what it says.
02:47
Royal Caribbean,
02:48
Freedom of the Seas is the ship.
02:50
That's the ship you're supposed to be going to.
02:54
Copy that. That ship might possibly be a terminal.
02:59
It says AAA.
03:02
It says it that AAA.
03:08
The advisor is no triple A.
03:11
Okay, I'll check the call back and we only get the information from 9-1-1.
03:16
Stand by, I'll check with A-Souz.
03:23
Rushing 39, confirmed by Port P.D.
03:27
The ship Freedom of the Seas is in AA Terminal.
03:31
Affirmity.
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Location mentioned:
PortMiami, Miami, FL 33132
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