Woman with muscular dystrophy falls and leaves stove on, Chapel Hill NC


Emergency responders were called to assist a 52-year-old woman with muscular dystrophy who fell in her kitchen. She was unable to get up and left the stove on with boiling water.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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1264, ladder 74, 1751, Martin Luzer King Jr.
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Boulevard, Unit 426, Fall.
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1264, ladder 74, 1751, Martin Loser King Jr.
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Boulevard, Unit 426, Fall.
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Cross, Streets Westminster Drive and Weaver Dairy Road Extension.
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UPS 1, Timeout 2150.
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74 in route.
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Popular 74 in route, MLK, 21, 52 hours.
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0664 in route, MLK, 21, 52 hours.
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1264 and around MLK.
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1264, letter 74, you're responding to a 52-year-old female, constant breathing.
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Caller advised that she has muscular dystrophy and she lost her balance.
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She's not able to get back up.
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She does not have any injuries.
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The caller did state that she left the stove on and is unable to turn it back off, and the water is currently boiling.
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The patient has been the floor approximately five minutes in the kitchen.
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She says the door will be unlocked.
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