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Man in 60s falls from ladder and has shoulder pain, Ames IA
A man in his 60s fell about ten feet from a ladder inside a house near Roxburgh Drive in Ames, Iowa. He is conscious and breathing but has shoulder pain.
Audio|Heard on: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Medical Assist[1], Engine 1, near Roxburgh Drive and Harrison Road, Ames, IA.
00:12
Medical Assist[1], near Roxburgh Drive.
00:20
Okay.
00:25
Engine 1 in Roxburgh for medical.
00:33
Male in his 60s, conscious and breathing, fell about ten feet from a ladder inside the house.
00:40
Pain to the shoulder.
00:45
Go ahead.
00:50
Units responding.
00:58
Sixty-year-old conscious male fell about ten feet from a ladder inside the house, has shoulder pain.
01:06
Understood.
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Medical Assist: Medical assistance call
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Ames, IA
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