Mental health crisis with self-injury at westchester boulevard, Punta Gorda FL
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Medical EmergencyA 67-year-old man near Westchester Boulevard is experiencing a mental health crisis and has injured his right eye with his glasses. He is verbally abusive toward staff, and EMS is responding.
Audio|Heard on: Charlotte County Sheriff and Punta Gorda Police
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Transcript:
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344-308. Prepare to copy a mental health call.
00:04
308 41 a gardener 24th.
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24.
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104, en route to near Westchester Boulevard.
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It's being referenced to a patient that he's having a psychotic episode.
00:23
Nurses advised that he was harming himself, stated that he took off his eyeglasses, broken, and stabbed it into his eyeball.
00:29
No longer has those.
00:31
He is going to be a 67-year-old male (name withheld).
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EMS is going to be staging.
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404 copies.
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308's en route.
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104, just be advised he is being verbally abusive with staff and they state they're unable to physically restrain him.
00:55
No other injuries besides his right eye.
00:58
It was called in by a nurse.
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Location mentioned:
Westchester Blvd, Punta Gorda, FL 33980
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