suncat05
11-25-2015, 11:11 AM
We were in the middle of court this morning when a call comes out over the radio that a man in the Tax Collector's Office was having a medical emergency. I signaled to my partner that I was responding, advised dispatch also. I ran down the steps and into the TCO, where one of the clerk's was standing beside the man who was standing at the counter.
I made contact with the man. He was looking right at me, but his eyes were blank. He didn't respond to any of my questions and was trembling, ever so slightly. I attempted to find a pulse.......no pulse, very shallow breathing, no response at all from him at all, but yet he was standing at the counter, albeit with some assistance from the clerk.
Our Zone 1 Deputy arrived and stood by as the man finally started coming around and became responsive. I asked him his name, and he told me his correct name, which I had checked on with the chief deputy clerk and against his tag renewal paperwork. I asked him if he remembered anything, he told me that before he sort of blacked out that he had felt really dizzy. I asked him if he was taking any medications, to which he replied that he was and that he had just come from his doctor's office and that his doctor had just changed his medications. At this time Medic 1 arrived and took the situation into their hands.
I do not know this man personally, but there were a couple of ladies working in the Courthouse who do know him, and they gave me some family contact information, and I was able to contact a family member to let them know what was happening. The medics took him to the hospital, his family came and retrieved his vehicle and the registration paperwork.
This is part of my job that I like. Although I really didn't do much, I was able to help someone that needed help. And I hope this man will be able to recover from whatever it was that affected him and go home to his family.
I was very concerned when I first made contact with this man. Even for an experienced officer like me, this was a bit scary.
You just never know what the day is going to bring you to deal with.
I made contact with the man. He was looking right at me, but his eyes were blank. He didn't respond to any of my questions and was trembling, ever so slightly. I attempted to find a pulse.......no pulse, very shallow breathing, no response at all from him at all, but yet he was standing at the counter, albeit with some assistance from the clerk.
Our Zone 1 Deputy arrived and stood by as the man finally started coming around and became responsive. I asked him his name, and he told me his correct name, which I had checked on with the chief deputy clerk and against his tag renewal paperwork. I asked him if he remembered anything, he told me that before he sort of blacked out that he had felt really dizzy. I asked him if he was taking any medications, to which he replied that he was and that he had just come from his doctor's office and that his doctor had just changed his medications. At this time Medic 1 arrived and took the situation into their hands.
I do not know this man personally, but there were a couple of ladies working in the Courthouse who do know him, and they gave me some family contact information, and I was able to contact a family member to let them know what was happening. The medics took him to the hospital, his family came and retrieved his vehicle and the registration paperwork.
This is part of my job that I like. Although I really didn't do much, I was able to help someone that needed help. And I hope this man will be able to recover from whatever it was that affected him and go home to his family.
I was very concerned when I first made contact with this man. Even for an experienced officer like me, this was a bit scary.
You just never know what the day is going to bring you to deal with.