Elderly woman locked out at home after hospital discharge, Wichita KS
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly woman recently discharged from the hospital was locked out of her home near East Whitney Lane. A Lyft driver triggered an SOS alert due to concern for the woman's safety, but no one else was home to assist her entry. Emergency responders were sent for a welfare check.
Audio|Heard on: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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01:25
Transcript:
00:00
Start to Assisted Citizen, near East Whitney Lane, Station 11.
00:07
Squad 11 for an assisted citizen, near East Whitney Lane, near East Whitney Lane.
00:13
Assisted Citizen, Squad 11, your map page 5744.
00:21
Squad 11 en route, assisted a citizen near East Whitney Lane.
00:25
This looks like ADT called us in.
00:28
It's an SOS alert from a Lyft rider.
00:30
They are at this location and cannot get inside.
00:33
More information, the driver is unable to help the rider into the house.
00:37
The rider is an elderly female that just left the hospital.
00:41
There is no one home and I do not know how to get into her home.
00:46
And Quad 11, it did not look like the alarm company advised the driver said that they were there worried for the safety as well.
00:59
In 4.
01:01
In Squad 11, clarification on that worried about safety.
01:04
The driver is worried about the safety of their passenger due to recently being released from the emergency room and no one being home.
01:11
They did a welfare check on her today.
01:19
We made a caller earlier this morning, so we're familiar with the patient.
01:24
Perfect, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
E Whitney Ln, Wichita, KS 67210
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