Woman with dementia hits head in care facility, Boyertown PA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/22/2025 02:54 PM

Near W 5th St, Boyertown, PA 19512

Emergency responders were called to a care facility near W 5th Street for a 86-year-old woman with dementia who fell and struck her head. She uses a wheelchair and weighs 155 pounds. Medical aid was provided on site.

Audio|Source: Berks County Emergency Services

02:19

Transcript:

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Boyertown Borough, near W 5th Street, Chestnut, Null, BLS Trauma[1].

00:04

9.5-253, Boyertown Borough, near W 5th Street, Chestnut, Null, Cross Street, Schaper Street, Room 400.

00:11

Front Entrance, DELS Trauma, 1757.

00:14

7.59. The engine 79 are on location, 1758.

00:22

First, the 31.

00:26

No, C-1. The whole location, there's five roadways overpass.

00:35

How we're towards 61, so far I haven't seen anything.

01:06

Robinson Township in front of 3248 Morgantown Road at the Turkey Hill,

01:12

motor vehicle accident, unknown injuries.

01:14

Station 23, engine 24, rescue engine 23, ambulance 6821. Robinson Township in front of 3248 Morgantown Road at the Turkey Hill,

01:24

off street of Kurtz Mill Road, or motor vehicle accident, unknown injuries 1758.

01:30

You said it's closer to 61?

01:35

It's Perkinson-6-5-2.

01:38

I see it, it's closed around 5th Street.

01:41

Okay, Rousa, yeah, looks like we have a Mulein-Berg office here on location as well.

01:45

Medi-6-5-1-2 on scene 17-7. In service and responding, you can't be an ambulance-821-0 service.

01:54

Okay.

01:55

Okay, 5-0-4 is available.

02:00

Medi-5604 copy are available.

02:04

Wyrts, Mnitha, 253.

02:06

Medica 5253, 1759, room 486-year-old female.

02:11

Talon struck her head, and she is a dementia patient on witness fall.

02:15

She is wheelchair bound at 155 pounds on the Lehigh Valley.

Police codes explained

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[1]

BLS Trauma: Basic Life Support response for a traumatic injury

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