Woman locked out, concerns over husband's health, Matthews NC
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Medical EmergencyA woman was locked out of her home near Stoney Ridge Road. She was worried her 87-year-old husband inside had a medical emergency because he did not respond to her attempts to contact him for over an hour. Emergency responders were sent but canceled after the patient made contact.
Audio|Heard on: Union County and North Carolina State Fire
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02:24
Transcript:
00:00
engine 231, respond with law enforcement for a residential lockout near Stoney Ridge Road, Cross Street, Fairfield Drive, and Holly Court.
00:07
I'll pray on Charlie.
00:14
Stay here on ladder, 23rd, general.
00:16
Ten, four.
00:23
Ladder 23, you're responding with law enforcement near Stoney Ridge Road, Cross Street, Fairfield Drive, and Holly Court.
00:32
It's going to be a female who is locked outside of her house.
00:35
Her husband is an 87-year-old male, is inside of the house, but she cannot get him to come to the door.
00:39
She's concerned he may have fallen.
00:42
You are responding with law enforcement in case you have to force entry.
00:54
Ladder 23, caller advised us she's been trying to get him to come to the door for over an hour now.
01:04
Glad for a quick person now.
01:07
Go ahead.
01:15
When she's talking,
01:18
has he replied to her, I'm sure she's tried to talk to him through the door or the windows.
01:23
She says she can't see him through the window, so she's not exactly sure where he is and she can't hear him either.
01:32
Okay, go ahead and start EMS.
01:34
10-4[1].
01:37
Med 117, you're responding with Ladder 23 in law enforcement near Stoney Ridge Road.
01:45
They're en route for a residential lockout.
01:47
However, there's a male patient inside the home who they cannot get to come to the door.
01:52
They're not on scene yet, this is all per the wife.
01:54
She said she's been banging for over an hour, concerned that he may have a medical emergency, so you guys are en route in case that's the case.
01:59
That's the case.
02:05
T-Com 180. One-80.
02:10
Probably the past there, you can tell one-eighty clear the vessel.
02:14
Ten-four.
02:20
Ladder 23, Med 117.
02:22
You can cancel.
02:23
Patient at the door.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
Stoney Ridge Rd, Matthews, NC 28104
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