Wrestling match with firefighters leads to mercury spill
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BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - A man seeking medical attention caused a bizarre scene at a local fire station Wednesday morning and prompted a hazardous materials response at a Boise hospital's emergency rooml.
Officials tell KBOI 2News that a man walked into the North Ada County Fire And Rescue station on Chinden Boulevard in Garden City where firefighter training was taking place and asked for help with a medical problem.
As firefighters began to administer aide to the man, authorities say he became combative toward them. The man got into an impromptu "wrestling match" with firefighters - swinging his arms and rolling around. In the process of the skirmish, a blood pressure device was broken.
It was an older version that uses mercury and the chemical element spilled on the grappling group.
After firefighters were able to restrain the individual, he was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center where haz-mat crews isolated the emergency room for several hours.
The ER was never closed. People were just brought in a different way and avoided the entrance where the man with the mercury exposure entered.
The haz-mat crew on scene did not find any contamination at the hospital. No word yet on any possible injuries for the unidentified man.
Everbody else at the fire station is okay.
Officials tell KBOI 2News that a man walked into the North Ada County Fire And Rescue station on Chinden Boulevard in Garden City where firefighter training was taking place and asked for help with a medical problem.
As firefighters began to administer aide to the man, authorities say he became combative toward them. The man got into an impromptu "wrestling match" with firefighters - swinging his arms and rolling around. In the process of the skirmish, a blood pressure device was broken.
It was an older version that uses mercury and the chemical element spilled on the grappling group.
After firefighters were able to restrain the individual, he was transported to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center where haz-mat crews isolated the emergency room for several hours.
The ER was never closed. People were just brought in a different way and avoided the entrance where the man with the mercury exposure entered.
The haz-mat crew on scene did not find any contamination at the hospital. No word yet on any possible injuries for the unidentified man.
Everbody else at the fire station is okay.
Probably less then whats in a kids mouth where is the outrage in that?