Older man suffers serious head cut after fall

Heard on: Eau Claire County Fire and EMS

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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For Eau Claire Rescue and Medic Six, a Delta response for a fall at (number withheld) Sawgrass Place, the Classic at Hillcrest Green, room number (number withheld) .

00:11

A Delta response for a fall.

00:12

Eau Claire Rescue Medic Six on Eau Claire Fire.

00:24

Two 2804 is arriving on scene.

00:31

Com center for medic six.

00:44

Command from station four.

00:46

Go ahead.

00:49

We have two persons now.

00:50

How would you like us to respond?

00:56

Six, copy your patient information.

01:03

Copy, non-emergent with engine one or support one.

01:07

Engine one for the vent fan.

01:10

Copy.

01:14

This is an accident.

01:15

Go ahead, yes, sir.

01:17

Person responded for the smoke detector and located a male who took an accidental fall, had a laceration to his head, and described the bleeding as serious.

01:27

Going to be an older male.

01:28

Law enforcement should be able to direct you to where the patient's at.

9/6/2026 05:45 PM

Medical Emergency

Sawgrass Pl, Altoona, WI 54720

Older man suffers serious head cut after fall

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a senior living facility on Sawgrass Place in Altoona for a reported accidental fall involving an older man with a serious head laceration and significant bleeding. Law enforcement was expected to help direct responders to the patient’s location.

Older man suffers serious head cut after fall

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