18-year-old female overdoses on cough syrup near Parks Highway, Nenana AK
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Emergency responders treated an 18-year-old female who intentionally overdosed on cough syrup at a lodge near Parks Highway. She was conscious, breathing, and experiencing an elevated heart rate.
Audio|Heard on: Fairbanks North Star Borough Fire/EMS
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02:54
Transcript:
00:00
Station 43, Station 51, Station 51, Command 52, overdose or poisoning, bravo response, Park Highway, operation on tag 3.
00:11
Station 42, Metak 42,
00:14
Station 43, Station 51, Command 52, overdose or poisoning, gravel response,
00:21
8587, Parks Highway, operation on TAC3 City Dispatch, Squad 5-5 en route.
00:35
Copy, Squad 5-5 en route.
00:41
City medic 42 responding with two.
00:45
Copy medic 42.
00:52
Operations,
00:54
Firetack making entry for three.
00:58
City dispatch making entry 4-3.
01:02
City dispatch, 4-5-5.
01:05
Stand by.
01:10
Squad 55, go ahead.
01:17
City, SWAT-55.
01:19
I just want to confirm that this house is near mile 329 of the parks.
01:26
Affirmative.
01:27
Okay, thank you, Park.
01:31
Copy,
01:32
Thank you. We're ready for an update when you have one.
01:35
Okay.
01:36
Stand by for an update.
01:45
Medic 1, Transport, Alpha Response, at helipad 1650, East Cowell Street, operation pack 3.
01:54
Medic 1, Transport, Alpha Response at helipad 1650, East Cowell Street, operation on tag 3.
02:05
I'm going to add fire pack, we have water and the fire.
02:09
We also get ventilation.
02:12
Medics responding to 8587 Parks Highway, responding for an 18-year-old female conscious and breathing.
02:20
She's reporting that she drank a bunch of Delsym cough syrup around midnight and now can't keep anything down, including liquids, and she's complaining of an elevated heart rate.
02:31
She's going to be waiting in the lobby of the lodge with her boyfriend and said she'll come out when she sees the medics.
02:38
Squad, bad copies.
02:40
Was this an attempt of suicide or an accidental overdose?
02:45
She claimed it was intentional at the time and that she regrets it now.
02:52
Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Parks Hwy, Nenana, AK 99760
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