Medical call for elderly woman with broken leg in Gorham, Gorham ME
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders were sent to near Evergreen Drive in Gorham for a 68-year-old woman who fell and likely broke her right leg. She is about 350 pounds, has vomited, and is unclothed. Her boyfriend, who has dementia, was also on scene.
Audio|Heard on: Cumberland County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Today,
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District 2.
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I'm sending Box 526 for Gorham A1 and engine 2 and any available lifting assistance to near Evergreen Drive, Crossroad of Willow Circle and Hemlock Drive in Gorham.
00:22
For a 68-year-old female who feels like she's going to pass out,
00:27
she believes that she broke her leg,
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and the patient's about 350 pounds,
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say Charlie level response.
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Repeating medical...
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a box 526 for Gorham A1 and engine 2 to respond near Evergreen Drive crossroad at Willow Circle and Hemlock Drive in Gorham for a 68-year-old female who feels like she's going to pass out states that she believes she broke her leg it's a Charlie level response extra lifting assistance needed as the patient is 350.
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Temuto is 626.
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Where are you 22, Connie?
01:13
The 22, good.
01:17
I'll be telling you a supervisor, or did you get a hold of 29 for his radio traffic?
01:23
Negative, I'm giving him a call.
01:27
Time 4. When you make contact, when you have them do a radio check, make sure his radio is work.
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Copy.
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Okay.
01:41
All right of both companies in route.
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Copy Engine 2, both companies en route.
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The patient fell and she thinks that her leg is broken.
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It's obviously bent out of shape.
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It's the right leg.
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Also, be advised she doesn't have any clothing on and is nervous because she has vomited.
02:02
Okay.
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Careful.
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One more note, her boyfriend is there, but he has dementia.
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I'm not sure if you want an officer to start that way.
02:21
If one is available, they can swing down routine.
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Copy.
02:39
329, your traffic was cut off.
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Corroney.
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To us.
02:56
Can you start with rescue over to near Evergreen Drive? Responding for a 68-year-old female who possibly broke her leg, her significant other is on scene but has dementia, who may need somebody to stand by for a minute while we get some family over there?
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Location mentioned:
Evergreen Dr, Gorham, ME 04038
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