71-year-old woman falls from ladder with injuries, Barto PA
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Medical EmergencyA 71-year-old woman fell about three feet from a ladder near Huffs Church Road, suffering back pain and a head injury. She landed on her backside and hit her head on a coffee table. She is being taken to Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
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01:35
Transcript:
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Hereford Township, near Huffs Church Road, Crusty to Hunter Ford Road and Conrad Road to BLS Trauma.
00:06
META 5053, Hereford Township near Huffs Church Road.
00:11
Crushed at 1004 Road and Conrad Road to BLS Trauma, 170.
00:19
Perch, Brush 72.
00:22
Brush 72.
00:25
Press 72 responding.
00:32
Brush 72 is en route, 17033.
00:37
Air 5053 Lakewood Drive, tree down on the power lines.
00:41
A tree is smoking.
00:47
Perks, 70, 72.
00:51
72.
00:54
No covers for the engine.
00:57
We received no cover for the engine.
00:59
17033.
01:04
For Xmetic 5053 is responding.
01:14
5053, near Huffs Church Road.
01:17
71-year-old female fell approximately 3 foot off of a ladder complaining of back pain.
01:22
The patient was hanging ornaments and fell off the ladder landing on her backside.
01:27
She hit her head on a coffee table, weighs 180 pounds.
01:31
She is on the first floor in the kitchen area, going to Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest.
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Location mentioned:
Huffs Church Rd, Barto, PA 19504
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