Elderly woman found after multiple days on floor at retirement home, Pittsburgh PA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders assisted an elderly woman at Carson Retirement Residence who had fallen and remained on the floor for several days. She was found unable to walk and had weak legs. Neighbors helped her up earlier the same day, and medical personnel evaluated her condition.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Dispatch from 22 engine.
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Can you dispatch the police, I mean, uh, medics to our location?
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She would like to see the medics.
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Copy.
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Okay.
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Okay. 35-51, um, um,
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I come you now.
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Okay.
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Towards Carson Retirement Residents near East Carson Street Department 409 off the south 28th for engines on scene team as a possible lift this is 80 year old female was unable to get up she's requesting medics now.
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popping through station 437.
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Fire boost by 22-100.
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5-5-4, I'm getting out.
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14 truck from command.
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Judge.
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Hey,
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I'm going to start releasing some of these companies down here.
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What else do you need up there? Do you need any resources or any foals or anything?
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Yeah, we're good with everything we have.
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We're probably going to start sending some stuff down.
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Receive.
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46 is in route.
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They're waiting on update.
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Ambulance 46 from 22 engine.
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46, go ahead.
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All right, we made contact with the patient.
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She said she fell on the ground four or five days ago.
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One of the neighbors just helped her up, I guess, this afternoon.
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She's saying her legs are very weak.
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She's unable to walk.
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We're trying to get vitals now as we speak.
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Copy. Can you repeat,
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do you say she had multiple falls the last couple days or she's been, she fell and was on the ground for multiple days?
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She fell on the ground four or five days ago and she only got up off the ground today sometime.
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Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
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