Male with lymphedema needs help repositioned into chair

Heard on: Hamblen County TN 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.

00:11

Take four, priority four.

00:13

This is (number withheld) Myers Road.

00:16

(number withheld) Myers Road.

00:19

On Myers Road.

00:22

All right, we're going to take that.

00:29

You can show us responding.

00:35

Hey, we're responding.

00:37

Priority four, this is (number withheld).

00:39

Fires Road, (number withheld) .

00:41

Fires Road.

00:44

Male in his seventies, has severe lymphedema, weighs about 400 pounds.

00:50

Needing lift assist.

00:51

Dispatching around 1029 .

00:53

Call number 0052 .

00:55

Zero 052 . What kind of lift assist are they asking for? Like did he fall on the ground and needs help up, or does he want help out of a chair?

01:07

He's pushing him back in a chair.

01:13

Is he on the ground?

01:17

He's back in a chair.

01:20

That's not a service that we provide.

01:22

Okay, well I'll just get the volunteer fire headed that way.

2026-11-01 15:27 UTC

Medical Emergency

Myers Rd, Russellville, TN 37860

Male with lymphedema needs help repositioned into chair

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a home near Myers Road and Fires Road for a reported medical lift-assist for an older man with severe lymphedema who needed help repositioned into a chair. Volunteer fire personnel were requested because EMS indicated this type of lift assist was not a service they provide.

Male with lymphedema needs help repositioned into chair

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