69-year-old male falls 10+ feet, vomits after roof fall

Heard on: Washington County TN Regional EMS Dispatch

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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.

00:00

Your landing zone is going to be at the old Cannon Hospital in Avery County.

00:03

It's going to be a trauma fall through a roof.

00:06

Sixty-nine-year-old male with a ten-plus foot fall.

00:09

He's currently vomiting.

00:11

Your ground contact is going to be Avery EMS.

00:18

Correction, that's the old Cannon Hospital in Avery County.

00:21

The old Cannon Hospital.

00:24

Okay, Roger.

00:25

Hi.

00:27

What's up? Can you confirm the age?

00:33

10-4, just a 2nd .

00:36

Hi, see if I got.

00:39

Go ahead.

00:43

Dude, the age will be 69 and the LZ is Cannon Memorial Hospital in Avery County.

00:49

Those are different coordinates than what you guys got to your phones.

00:55

Go ahead with those coordinates.

01:00

Dude, I'm not sure if you guys have Charlie Cannon in your presets, but it's going to be (number withheld).

01:14

Copy all that.

2026-10-06 19:44 UTC

Medical Emergency

Hospital Dr, Newland, NC 28657

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, a medevac landing zone was coordinated at the old Cannon Memorial Hospital in Avery County for an adult male trauma patient who reportedly fell through a roof from over 10 feet and was vomiting. Avery EMS was identified as the ground contact, and coordinates for the landing zone were shared over the radio.