Disabled man falls from hospital bed, injures knee and back
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Preston WV EMS Dispatch Group Calls
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00:00
You'll be in route to (number withheld) North Main Street, apartment (number withheld).
00:05
Go ahead.
00:10
Six eight six, kind of be sixty-four year old male.
00:13
He fell out of bed.
00:14
He said he is crippled.
00:17
He said he ended up tearing up his knee.
00:19
He was bleeding from there down anymore.
00:23
But the door is cracked open for you.
00:25
He tweaked his back a little bit.
00:28
He said he keeps slipping.
00:30
He's somewhat in the bed still.
00:32
He's afraid he's going to fall more.
00:33
He's trying to get over to his scooter.
00:35
Currently, I have him trying to get some pillows.
00:38
There's something that put it down just in case he doesn't call.
00:40
I don't want to get any further.
00:41
Yes, ma'am, that's received.
00:45
Calling fire six, station route one.
00:49
Station copy.
00:50
Com center, 686 .
00:53
Six eight six, go ahead.
00:56
Six eight six, I stayed on the phone.
00:58
He was pretty adamant that he needed to make it over to his scooter.
01:02
He did throw some pillows and blankets on the floor just in case he fell.
01:09
Then he decided that he needed to get over to his scooter.
01:12
I had him put the phone down again because he was very adamant that he was going to do it one way or another.
01:18
He. He was able to make it over to his scooter.
01:20
He said he got pretty dizzy at 1st .
01:23
He's still wanting EMS to come check him out.
01:26
He said he's also going to need some help putting his new hospital bed back together.
01:31
He said it's new, he's not used to it, and it ended up kind of flipping on him, and that's when he fell pretty much on the floor.
01:39
Go ahead.
01:42
Yes, ma'am, that's received.
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