On Tuesday, January 8 12, 2013 at about 6:30 A.M., Yolo County emergency medical services responded to a report of a semi-conscious man lying on the ground, next to a walking trail.
According to YR, “it was a cold and foggy , and I have noticed an object on the ground ahead of me; as I got closer I realized that it was actually a person lying on his back. Since the trail leads to a nearby park, my first reaction was to think the person was probably a sleeping transient. However, just as I was about to go around him, I observed what appears to be a “clean-looking” teenager who was barely breathing. I immediately caused a call to 911, and proceeded to try to wake the teenager by gently shaking and speaking to him. He responded to neither.”
“At this point, while I was on the phone with the 911 operator, I noticed that foam begun to accumulate at one side of his mouth. Luckily, just as I was about to ask the operator what needs to be done, the paramedics arrived,” YR stated.
“I have been told that the teenager is actually a 27-year-old man of Woodland, and that he was transported to the UC Davis Medical Center,” YR continued.
“Looking back, I should have called 911 a couple of minutes before I did by not deliberating whether I risk wasting our community’s precious emergency resources,” YR lamented.
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