80-year-old man falls, hits head, bleeds slightly, Wellsburg WV
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Medical EmergencyAn 80-year-old man fell out of bed, hit his head, and had slight bleeding. EMS and Franklin Fire were dispatched to near Washington Pike in Wellsburg to assist. The man recently began chemotherapy.
Audio|Heard on: Brooke County Sheriff, Wellsburg and Follansbee Police Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
01:19
Transcript:
00:00
Is there a way you can set an ambulance up here or lady calling her husband fell out of bed?
00:05
He hit his head and he's bleeding a little bit.
00:08
1040 you make contact with a caller.
00:10
We'll send EMS for the male.
00:12
How else the male?
00:17
Being just recently started chemotherapy.
00:21
Sent for received all that information we'll contact the EMS and have them en route.
00:28
Okay. Attention we're going to hand this off to Franklin Fire.
00:38
Attention Brooke County EMS, Franklin Fire, needed to respond, near Washington Pike and Wellsburg.
00:44
For an 80-year-old male, we received a 911 hang-up call.
00:48
We dispatched PD.
00:49
PD made contact with the caller.
00:52
The caller's husband had fallen out of bed.
00:54
He was an 80-year-old male, fell out of bed, hit his head,
00:59
with slight bleeding from the head.
01:01
This male recently started chemotherapy.
01:03
Once again, the address is near Washington Pike in Wellsburg, your time of town, 353.
01:14
EMS correct.
01:17
Jeffrey, EMS, drag, 353.
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Location mentioned:
Washington Pike, Wellsburg, WV 26070
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