Medical call for elderly woman feeling unwell at apartment, Columbia MD

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/30/2025 09:44 AM

Near Gentle Shade Rd, Columbia, MD 21046

A medical emergency call was made for an 82-year-old woman found not to be in her normal state at her apartment near Gentle Shade Rd, Columbia, MD. The woman has arthritis. Emergency personnel responded promptly to the location.

Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS

01:48

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 991, Paramedic 75, you're responding near Gentle Shade Rd for a six-ceptor-data 2, 1246.

00:07

Tara, 1 and engine 112.1 to video road for a gas leak outside.

00:14

BG&E is given a 40-minute ETA.

00:18

1246.

00:19

Charlie 5. And you know this back in pending.

00:21

I'll start everybody.

00:23

104.

00:24

David, 214. I'm over.

00:26

2.1.

00:28

Charlie unit, play of eyes. The man is in his vehicle with the window down looking out.

00:36

101247.

00:41

I'm going to check for correction near Celfinium Court for the caller's 17-year-old daughter.

00:50

I'm not sure if she's actually at this location at this time. She's a white female. Her name's going to be (name withheld).

00:57

This location is actually her uncle's house.

01:00

There's further in the call for now. 1247.

01:03

Charlie 5 on it says it's a red Subaru with a taxi sign on it. That's correct. Have you got a taxi sign on top.

01:12

We don't have any tag information.

01:15

Charlie, 10.

01:16

Okay.

01:17

I just got a fire department assist for an outside gas league. 1044 to hold.

01:22

Yeah, we don't have you ever.

01:23

Traffic 10, you 104.

01:25

Okay.

01:31

Charlie 5.1, I'm coming into the shopping site.

01:34

NJ91, Paramedic 75. We're spotting near Gentle Shade Rd in Apartment 101, 82-year-old female,

01:43

not in her normal state.

01:45

She has arthritis.

01:47

So, 40, direct.

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