Elderly woman injured trying to catch husband who fell, Carroll County VA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly woman near Maple Swamp Road was injured with a possible broken wrist and breathing difficulty after trying to catch her husband who fell on her.
Audio|Heard on: NC/VA Line Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Near Maple Swamp Road, Review.
00:03
Repeating CEMS, Station 5, Station 8, near Maple Swamp Road,
00:07
near Maple Swamp Road, Rune, (number withheld).
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(number withheld).
00:19
104, Station 8, copies, (number withheld).
00:27
Temean Station 8,
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you're only responding to near Maple Swamp Road.
00:39
Cross Street, Widow Drive, Dairy Road, husband calling in for his wife.
00:44
Seventy-year-old female, probably 110 pounds.
00:49
He stated that he fell yesterday.
00:52
He weighs over 300 pounds.
00:55
And he fell yesterday.
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She tried to catch him.
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He fell on her.
01:00
I believe that her wrist may be broken.
01:03
She's in an extreme amount of pain.
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She's having difficulty breathing.
01:08
She's alert and oriented.
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Location mentioned:
Carroll County, VA
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