Elderly woman falls and injures head near cranial shunt, Pike County PA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/10/2025 07:10 AM

Pike County, PA

Emergency responders assisted an elderly woman who fell and hit her head near a previous cranial shunt. She has bruising and pain at the injury site. Advanced medical support was requested for evaluation.

Audio|Source: Pike County and Lackawaxen Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

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308 Wagon Wheel Road, for a fall.

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Sussex County Monahue 308 Wagon Wheel Road for a fall 33 ambulance.

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Cross streets are Short Drive and Metal Drive Monahue.

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Com Cairns for S3 Ambulance.

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33 Amines.

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Please,

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Monaghan.

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Receive responding, 1013.

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308, correction, Sussex County, Monahue.

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308 Wagon Wheel Road, cross streets are Short Drive and Metal Drive, Monahue.

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For an 80-year-old female.

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Anyone, one, two, or three, landline constant.

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Anyone, one, two, or three, landline concert at 13 hours.

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TWain, I name I once one.

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My name is one.

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Requesting a medic on route, we're en route to Wayne.

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Receive, you have an update?

01:36

Positive head injury, bruising on the face,

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and has a shunt in her head near where she is complaining of increased pain in that area.

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So we'd like ALS to assess.

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Receive nearerner.

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Affirmative. All right, 402 to 6.

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Affirmative.

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We'll be getting on at 84 and getting off at 402.

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Okay,

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top 17.

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Township, rendezvous with 29 Ambulance 1 in Bellevue,

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Wayne, head injury from a fall.

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Medic 413.

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Blimber Township,

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right to go with 29 Ambulance 1 back to Wayne Memorial.

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Injury from a fall.

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4103.

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1017 hours.

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Compton, 0,0.3.

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Responding. 30-19 hours.

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You're going to be meeting with 29-1 inbound to Wayne.

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84-6. 84-4-2-2-6.

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I have an adult female from a standing height.

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Original complaint of head pain.

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The patient does have a previous shunt in the area where the pain is, there's also bruising to the head.

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