Elderly man shows stroke symptoms after head injury

Heard on: Preston County WV Regional EMS Dispatch

01:22

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Preston County Station Four Union, Station Eleven, we need to respond.

00:04

A medical call, possible stroke.

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(number withheld) George Washington Highway, Aurora.

00:09

Fire alert 01:38 .

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Call center, Station Eleven acknowledged.

00:15

Six eight eight, call center, you can show us en route.

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Six eight eight, you're en route 100 and forty-one.

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You are going to be en route to (number withheld) George Washington Highway.

00:27

Break.

00:29

Go ahead.

00:32

Six eight eight, you are en route for a seventy-six year old male.

00:35

Caller advised her husband fell getting out of bed and he hit the back of his head.

00:40

Now he's having numbness in his right arm.

00:45

Break.

00:47

Go ahead.

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He's going to have difficulty speaking, moving.

00:53

He's going to have some facial drooping on the right side and numbness in both of his hands.

00:59

He's telling that he fell half an hour ago.

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That's when the symptoms started.

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Break.

01:05

Go ahead.

01:08

His blood pressure's going to be 164 over 105.

01:12

She's advising that when he usually falls, he's able to get up.

01:17

Advising this time he wasn't able to get up.

01:19

She was able to help him up.

01:21

Can you switch to secure?

2026-10-07 05:37 UTC

Medical Emergency

George Washington Hwy, Aurora, WV 26705

Elderly man shows stroke symptoms after head injury

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