Multiple elderly falls including one COVID case in Wheeling, Wheeling IL


Multiple medical emergencies involving elderly people who have fallen occurred at Wheeling Town Center near West Dundee Road and at 1,000 Corporate Grove Drive. One patient is an 81-year-old male who is conscious but weak, has COVID, and slipped out of bed. Ambulance and emergency crews responded to the incidents.
Audio|Source: Northwest Central Dispatch and RED Center
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Transcript:
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You send a second ambulance, give me a separate number for another fall at the same location.
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(name withheld), I appreciate.
00:21
District 46, Ambulance 45, Ambulance Call, 200, Apollee Street, at Chessys, near Harrison Street, and Barrington, Map Page 2025C.
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Ambulish 45 is going to be for a fall on, Jeffees.
00:46
District 10, Ambulance 10, and Engine 10, Unconscious or Fanking, Charlie Response, 17, West Devon Avenue, at Belvedere Panklets, Minervie Road in Row Wing Road, in Old Crow Village, map page 5.
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582 at Wheeling Town Center near Community Boulevard and Northgate Parkway in Wheeling, Map Page 4225.
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For a fall.
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Central Engine 46.
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Engine 42-5.
01:36
This is engine 26.
01:38
Go ahead and place 1,000 Corporate Grove and RFO.
01:41
It looks like a power issue.
01:43
We have notified an on-scene employee, but if you could leave a message with maintenance for your contact that they'll need this service, that'd be helpful.
01:51
Engine 26, RFO, and contact maintenance at 1,000 corporate Grove 1040.
02:02
Ambulance and Engine 42 responding on an ambulance call, near West Dundee Road, Wheeling Town Center, Unit 582 for a fall.
02:12
Patient is an 81-year-old male conscious breathing.
02:15
Still on the floor, no injuries they're advising he has COVID, he's weak, and he slipped out of bed.
02:21
Your cross streets are Northgate Parkway and Community Boulevard, near West Dundee Road, Unit 582 for the fall.
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Near W Dundee Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090
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