Medical emergency at retirement assisted living with bleeding leg wound, Tacoma WA


A patient at Village Retirement Assisted Living near South Orchard Street fell and has a bleeding leg wound with low blood pressure. Emergency medical services have been upgraded to provide advanced life support and are responding to the scene.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
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Transcript:
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Hello, I'm under 17. I need a medic.
00:01
This patient has a blood pressure of 70 when she's bleeding.
00:05
Also start EMS 1 for blood.
00:06
Receive. The ALS upgrade and we'll give you EMS 1, (number withheld).
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8-2, ELS, Fall, Village Retirement Assisted, near South Orchard Street, Unit 245, time 1936.
00:21
8-5, you can stand down, 8-5, you can stand down, this is an upgrade to LS, (number withheld).
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Medic 1 and EMS 1, Channel 84, ALS, bleeding problem, village retirement assisted, near South Orchard Street, Unit 245, Medic 1 and EMS1, Channel 84, ALS, bleeding problem, village retirement assisted, near South Orchard Street, Unit 245, Time (number withheld).
00:52
(number withheld).
00:53
In 2017, M.S.1.
00:55
I'm responding from 96th, St.
00:58
Osmer. The patient fell about 20 minutes ago, about pressures in the 70s.
01:03
She's bleeding from a wound in her leg.
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Tacoma, WA
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