Elderly woman shows stroke symptoms at Chatham Street, Cary NC


An 85-year-old woman at Chatham Street is conscious but shows symptoms including severe headache, stomach pain, weakness, and slurred speech. Emergency responders suspect she may be having a stroke.
Audio|Source: Cary Fire-Rescue
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Transcript:
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POS Chatham Street, room 105 at sunrise of Cary.
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We're here's on Tack 40, Tack 40.
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Tack 40. Tack 40.
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I have 1-1-1 on Tack 4-0.
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I'm going to be an 85-year-old female conscious in breathing, having an extreme headache with stomach pain and weakness.
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The engine for staff stated slurring some speech, they were giving different symptoms to the call taker.
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They ended up retelling this as a stroke call just based on her symptoms and what they were telling the call taker.
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