Man falls from ladder suffering compound leg fracture, Cleveland TN
Medical EmergencyA 75-year-old man fell about six feet from a ladder near Spring Place Rd SE. He suffered a compound fracture with bone visible through his sock. He is on blood thinners and is outside by his truck awaiting emergency responders.
Audio|Source: Bradley County & Cleveland Fire
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Transcript:
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70 leg injury possible compound fracture near Spring Place Rd SE
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seven click
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Seven runs.
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Engine 4, Engine 2-210, fire alarm.
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White Ferry Road, Northeast.
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Engine 42210, this regard, you call, false alarm.
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7, you're responding to near Springplace Road southeast, it's going to be on a leg injury, a 75-year-old male laying about 190 pounds,
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said he was on a ladder about 6 feet up.
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and fell,
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said it started tilting and he jumped off, said he injured his leg, that he can see the bone in his ankle, possible compound fracture.
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He's saying he didn't hit his, or he did hit his head, the back of his head,
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doesn't think he's bleeding from anywhere else.
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But the bone is sticking through his sock.
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The station once, a spring place for the top east.
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(name withheld) respondent.
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I'm gonna have your now.
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near springcloth southeast near springcloth out southeast is for a male patient
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peers he fell over six feet off of a ladder
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He possibly broke his ankle.
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He could see the bone through, not possibly, he did break his ankle, he could see the bone through the sock.
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The sock is covered in blood.
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He is on blood dinners.
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The patient's going to be outside beside his truck.
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This is having his car responded with this on this?
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They are.
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Okay.
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So, since he's on blood thunders and hit his head, would you just go ahead and check status for me, please?
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All already on it.
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Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Near Spring Place Rd SE, Cleveland, TN 37323
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