Elderly man injured after fall at senior apartments, Carrboro NC
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an 84-year-old man at Carolina Spring Senior Apartments fell and suffered a head injury with bleeding. EMS is responding and giving bleeding control instructions.
Audio|Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS
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01:21
Transcript:
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Medic 2, near West Poplar Avenue, Unit 153, at Carolina Spring Senior Apartments.
00:08
Fall, Medic 2, near West Poplar Avenue, Unit 153, at Carolina Spring Senior Apartments, fall.
00:17
Cross Streets NC-54 By-Pass and Old, Fayetteville Road.
00:21
Ops 1, Time of 1800.
00:34
Medic 1, move up to EMS South.
00:37
Medic 1, move up to EMS South.
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Number up to EMS South.
00:40
The other one's wrong.
00:47
Okay, one copy in route south.
00:49
At 8101.
00:55
2, copy and route to West Poplar Avenue via CAD at 1802.
01:00
Here responding to an 84-year-old male conscious and breathing who fell and is still on the floor.
01:08
Caller advised serious bleeding from a head injury.
01:15
Patient weighs approximately 100 pounds.
01:19
Bleeding control instructions are being given.
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Location mentioned:
W Poplar Ave, Carrboro, NC 27510
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