Elderly man with finger cut from equipment accident

Heard on: St. Joseph County Sheriff, Police, Fire and EMS

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(number withheld) North Fourth Street in Burr Oak, ready two for a laceration.

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Seven to scene.

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Life care, 1221 to St.

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Joe Central.

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1221, go ahead.

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Hey, 1221, we're en route priority three to (number withheld) North Fourth Street.

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We got about a 11-minute ETA coming from Boston.

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I'm clear. I got you, Ralph.

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Patient is a 75-year-old male that came in through the medical alarm company from a pendant press.

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He was trimming some bushes outside, touched the chain on his equipment and has a laceration to the finger.

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He is conscious and alert.

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I just had him on the line myself.

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He says he's got the bleeding stopped about as best as he can at this point.

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Has some cloth on the wound.

9/6/2026 09:20 AM

Medical Emergency

N 4th St, Burr Oak, MI 49030

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical crews responded to a possible medical call for a 75-year-old man near North Fourth Street in Burr Oak after he reportedly cut his finger while trimming bushes and touching equipment. The patient was reported to be conscious, alert, and had the bleeding controlled with cloth on the wound.