Elderly man falls into ravine with head injury, Hampshire County WV
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Medical EmergencyAn elderly man fell about 20 feet into a ravine near Old Mountain Run Trail in West Virginia. He suffered a head wound but was conscious and talking. Emergency medical and rescue teams worked together to retrieve him from the ravine behind a blue building using a Stokes basket.
Audio|Heard on: Hampshire County Public Safety
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05:12
Transcript:
00:00
Hampshire, just let EMS know they can come on in.
00:04
104.
00:07
8533.
00:08
Is it Old Mountain Run, like, is there a sign here at the entrance?
00:12
There is, when you pass that Old Mountain Run sign, you'll go quite not very far and it's the first drive where on your left.
00:20
No, 10-4[1].
00:24
14 entry, should be 10.203.
00:28
10 4, sir.
00:31
Well, team, we're over here behind the blue bill.
00:37
Enforce.
00:44
It's 533, is he okay or you guys need like thermal blankets or anything?
00:51
Nope, he's just laying here.
00:53
He's, uh, looks like he's all right.
00:57
Yeah.
01:03
Oh, Andrew, do you have any update page information on like that of injuries or anything?
01:11
Negative, sir, besides the fact that he's talking and has a wound on his head, that's as much as we know, sir.
01:29
Ferguson, Ferguson, Ferguson, Purgitsville, Pikes, Old Mountain Road to Old Mountain Run Trail.
01:38
Okay.
01:42
Acknowledge, Engine Rescue 1, be responding crew at 3.
01:47
Engine Rescue 1, copy the responding crew of 3, 1821, operations test 3.
01:56
Sir, Riverside is requesting that it's just a regular 2,500 air-fritz diesel.
02:03
I believe it's just, uh,
02:10
yeah, sir.
02:11
Yeah,
02:16
I'm sure. Parametic 1171 is in round.
02:20
Paramount 1171 in round 1822, operations taxord.
02:29
Ellen 71 are you direct with station information that's negative I just happened to hear company one's fire alarms so I just said that it's a person that had had fallen down every me and that's how I know
02:50
time for it's going to be an elderly male who originally called in as a trespassing suspicious person or a male got out of the vehicle fell down a 20-foot marine and hit his head a male is going to be bleeding however he is conscious and talking
03:11
And we're on TAC3, it's in the Rectu1.
03:15
10-4[1], copy any knowledge.
03:24
It's for 533.
03:28
Go ahead.
03:30
So, we located at 27.
03:32
He's going to be valid, 0.75's clear.
03:41
At 1A, AC1.
03:47
Go ahead.
03:49
That driveway right there to U.S.
03:54
Perfect, go ahead.
03:56
Go ahead.
04:00
Off to New Hampshire.
04:07
We're having a little bit of hard time getting this individual up the hill.
04:11
Whenever EMS gets here, just let them know to come behind the blue building and bring a Stokes basket with them so we can get them up over here.
04:20
Ten, four.
04:26
See if you're one and four.
04:28
Go for one and four.
04:32
To be advised, when you get on scene,
04:35
the law enforcement said to go behind the blue building on the property and bring a Stokes basket to help get the mail subject out of the ravine.
04:47
And for, go behind the blue building.
04:49
Frank, we're also not going to have a Stokesbasket on board,
04:52
but we'll manage something.
04:57
Todd, for it.
04:59
Get one, he's going to be unseen.
05:03
Probably on scene, 1826.
05:07
The NS unit just launched up, you have engine rescue one, and now to you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Old Mountain Rd & Old Mountain Run, West Virginia 26845
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