Man injured left lower leg by wheelchair step laceration

Heard on: Pickaway County Fire/EMS

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Good evening, Vernon Circle Medical.

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En route to the facility with a (number withheld) male.

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Two .2 is going to be laceration to his leg.

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Patient was trying to get out of his

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wheelchair and hit his leg, his left lower leg down by his ankle, on the step of the wheelchair.

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Basically, he has an abscess on his

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leg, created, started bleeding.

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Bleeding is controlled at this time.

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He had. Revised the time that we got there.

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We never opened it just because the bleeding was controlled.

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Wants to be seen at facility.Vital signs: heart rate 84, blood pressure 154 over 96, 97% on room air.

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He is alert and oriented.

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That's 4th GCS 15.

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Yeah, I'll need further.

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We'll see you here in another minute.

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Medic on arrival, medic one, Berger clear.

7/8/2026 04:56 PM

Medical Emergency

N Pickaway St, Circleville, OH 43113

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a man aged 65 reportedly injured his left lower leg near the ankle after hitting it on a wheelchair step. Bleeding was controlled and he was alert and oriented. EMS transported him to a hospital.