Teen overdoses on medication at Westwood High School, Gillette WY


A 17-year-old female at Westwood High School overdosed on 15 to 20 Lexapro pills. She is conscious and breathing but not fully alert. The patient has a history of a seizure disorder. Emergency services are responding to the scene.
Audio|Source: Gillette Police, Campbell County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, WHP
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Transcript:
00:00
Standby for medical at Westwood High School, near Opportunity Spur.
00:08
Would you send law enforcement and an ambulance to near Ponderosa and Moorcroft, please?
00:19
I was speaking with (name withheld), and I believe I heard a male voice right at the end, and then she hung up.
00:25
Templar.
00:28
Patient?
00:32
Copy, I'm en route.
00:34
E.
00:37
442, I'm with him.
00:40
Probably.
00:45
One right, you're near senior high.
00:47
10-4.
00:53
28 is going to be a 17-year-old female extant lobby. She took depression pills last night, not responding normally breathing.
01:04
Copy.
01:11
27, start me an after I'll call it twin.
01:15
Okay.
01:30
EMS Battalion One Fire, Charlie responds to near Opportunity Spur at Westwood High School for an overdose.
01:37
Again, EMS, Battalion One Fire, Charlie responds to near Opportunity Spur for Westwood High for an overdose.
01:48
You can show up in her out.
01:51
10-4.
01:52
S.O.
01:57
38, did you have traffic?
02:02
So, engine three is responding.
02:09
27 near Opportunity Spur at Westwood High School, you're responding to a 17-year-old female conscious breathing. Chief complaint today of overdosing on her anti-depression medication.
02:19
She's unable to tell the RP or anyone else at the high school when she took these pills.
02:25
She just keeps saying last night.
02:27
The patient also does have a seizure disorder.
02:32
She's not alert.
02:34
She said she took about 15 pills but can't tell us what it is.
02:38
She's going to be 15 to 20 Lexapro.
02:55
She's awake breathing but not alert.
03:02
Go to 1D court and just have them evaluated and checked in on.
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Near Opportunity Spur, Gillette, WY 82718
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