Elderly man falls and bleeds at Scottish Rite Park, Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyAn 83-year-old man fell at Scottish Rite Park near Woodland Ave. His Apple Watch sent an alert after a hard fall. He was bleeding from his elbow and unresponsive for a time. His apartment was locked when responders arrived. The man was also reported to be highly intoxicated and may have been stuck in an elevator in a parking garage nearby.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Five, engine five,
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near Woodland Ave.
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Near Woodland Aves, Scottish Rite Park, number 202 will be on a fall.
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Medic 5-Engine 5 both units response 3 on Channel 2, timeout 251.
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Alright, I think I was on Channel 1 when I called in. I'm not sure if you were able to make contact with an individual stuck-in-mee elevator here.
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Yeah, we're trying to track him down. He's on to follow this.
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After that, we'll just wait here until we make the location.
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Now, he's saying that he's in an elevator in a parking garage.
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I think there's one just to the east of us here. We can back up and go check that.
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Okay, yeah, he's highly intoxicated, so it's making it difficult to get more.
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After that, we'll call you back if we got a better address or if we locate him here.
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Comey.
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Medic 5-Engine 52909 Woodland Ave, Scotchright Park number 202.
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It's an 83-year-old male. We've got an automated message from his Apple Watch, so he took a hard fall and then no response.
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He did get on the phone and tell me that he did take a fall. His apartment is locked.
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He looks like he's bleeding from his elbow.
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Location mentioned:
Near Woodland Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312
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