76-year-old man with cancer falls down basement stairs, Sherwood MI


A 76-year-old man with terminal cancer fell down 12 stairs into a basement near Wattles Rd. He is conscious but not fully alert. Emergency medical services are responding with high priority.
Audio|Source: Branch County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Life care, near Wattles Rd.
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You're responding for a 76-year-old male patient.
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Conscious breathing, heading fall.
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Correction, we're going to upgrade to priority one.
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Had to fall down the stairs of...
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It's going to be 12 steps down in the basement, priority one.
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Would you like me to get Bronson for the long fall? And it's about 12 steps down into the basement.
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That's clear.
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1224 will be responding, and if you can get players, that'd be awesome.
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1224.
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Was the patient awake alert?
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He was conscious and talking.
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However, he was not completely alert.
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The caller did advise that he has terminal cancer as well, so I'm sure of how much of it has to do with that as far as his consciousness or if it's from all the fall.
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Claire, Claire, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Wattles Rd, Sherwood, MI 49089
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