Elderly man experiences heart device malfunction, Empire AL
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched near Old Empire Road in Empire, Alabama, to assist a seventy-year-old man whose implanted heart device was repeatedly shocking him and causing brief periods of unresponsiveness.
Audio|Heard on: Walker County Fire
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02:2
Transcript:
00:00
Control to Empire Fire, respond near Old Empire Road for a patient having chest pain.
00:06
His heart device is shocking him.
00:09
Cross streets Park Avenue and Empire Road.
00:31
Empire Fire, respond near Old Empire Road for a patient.
00:36
His heart device is shocking him.
00:38
Cross streets Park Avenue and Empire Road.
00:42
Empire Fire to Control.
00:48
Go ahead, Empire.
00:52
You can show us en route.
01:01
10-4[1], Empire, have you en route to Old Empire Road?
01:07
Have a seventy-year-old man whose heart device is shocking him and making him briefly unresponsive.
01:16
Cross streets are Park Avenue and Empire Road.
01:20
RPS has been notified.
01:22
Structure shows to be a gray and brown shingle house.
01:29
Ten four, received.
01:34
Empire, the caller advised that it knocks him out for a moment and then he comes right back to.
01:46
Ten four, received.
01:54
Firefighters patrol, you can hold us on scene.
02:01
Received. Have you on scene?
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Old Empire Rd, Empire, AL 35063
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