Elderly woman's medical alert triggers risky dog safety call, Rustburg VA
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Emergency responders attended to a 94-year-old woman who activated her medical alert which required fixing her bed rail and law enforcement presence due to aggressive dogs at the home.
Audio|Heard on: Campbell County Fire and EMS
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01:47
Transcript:
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176 Royal Ridge Circle.
00:02
We received a call from an alarm company who advised there was a pendant press activation from a 94-year-old female who needed EMS to respond to put a bar back on her bed so she was able to get out of bed.
00:16
We show a location note for that address that there are aggressive dogs and law enforcement is required for all calls.
00:27
Can we're 416.
00:31
Go ahead. Do we have any emergency contact information for the individual that called you just gave 430?
00:47
10.4, I can add it to the notes.
00:52
If you would try giving it a call, please,
00:55
see if maybe they can respond,
00:57
reference to the aggressive dogs.
01:01
Correction on that.
01:02
We had the patient contact information, not emergency contact.
01:06
I can look in the history,
01:09
but as far as I'm seeing, we don't have the emergency contact.
01:13
Yeah, if you could check history, see if we can find a family contact number or something.
01:23
Cam, Medicaid 1.
01:27
Gate 1.
01:31
You can sure is clear, patient with usual AMA.
01:35
Copy. Copy.
01:42
Can well, could you also reach out with that female?
01:45
See if she can advise if the dogs put away.
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Location mentioned:
Royal Ridge Cir, Rustburg, VA 24588
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