Patient found deceased before hospice admission complete, Mahwah NJ
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were dispatched to near Maple Rd for pronouncement of death of a patient whose hospice application was still pending. The patient was not yet admitted to the hospice program, so ALS assistance was needed for the official pronouncement.
Audio|Source: Mahwah Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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6-5-7-048.
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Dead.
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40. I'm on a phone with the hospice nurse right now. Apparently this patient has not been admitted to their process yet,
00:18
and ALS will be needed for the pronouncement.
00:25
Can you read dispatch and then just send three and two back up? Very safe.
00:33
Sectors two and three are going to return up to near Maple Rd for that pronouncement.
00:42
Two coverage.
00:46
Sixth of seven, did she say she's coming out at all?
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Their status is pending for home care and hospice, so she will not be responding to that location.
01:06
Two and three are just going to have to handle it like a D.O.I.
01:14
I'm going to head in and call her directly.
01:20
and just confirm that she's not enrolled and will handle it out.
01:28
48, they had applied for hospice.
01:31
They're in the process of being admitted into the hospice program.
01:35
The application status is still pending.
01:38
They have not been retained.
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Okay, let's read the patch for the pronouncement.
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Location mentioned:
Near Maple Rd, Mahwah, NJ 07430
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