Person needs help standing and moving to wheelchair, Lexington VA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were sent to help a 58-year-old man who is a double amputee and needed assistance standing and moving to his wheelchair in an apartment near Houston Street in Lexington.
Audio|Heard on: Rockbridge County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Rescue 1 respond to lift assist.
00:03
At near Houston Street and Lexington.
00:06
Apartment near 128. Cross streets are Chocolate Lane at Miller Street.
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ECC[1] 33 will be staffed rescue level for (number withheld).
00:15
6.28.
00:24
I'm sure you're responding at 6.29 to near Houston Street, apartment near 128 for a 58-year-old male with a weight of 280 pounds, advising he needs help standing to get to his wheelchair.
00:37
He is a double amputee.
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ECC: Emergency Communications Center (dispatch)
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Location mentioned:
Houston St, Lexington, VA 24450
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