Elderly man bleeds heavily from wrist cut at medical center, Nashua NH


A 93-year-old man at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has a deep cut on his wrist caused by metal framework. He is bleeding heavily but is conscious and breathing.
Audio|Source: Merrimack Fire
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Transcript:
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Station 1, EMD pending,
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696 Daniel Webster Highway,
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Southern New Hampshire Medical Center,
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call code pending.
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Station 1, EMD pending, 696, that's 696, Daniel Webster Highway, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.
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Call code pending.
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Could be a Charlie level, just as Charlie level.
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Engine 1, Ambulance 1, respond to 696 Daniel Webster Highway, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, exam room 6, for a Charlie-level[1] laceration.
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Engine 1, ambulance 1, respond to 696 at 696, Daniel Webster Highway, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, exam room 6 for a Charlie-level[1] laceration, County Votone's 1546.
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All right, anyone responding you, hold the engine in quarters.
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I have to responding, holding engine one in quarters at 1547.
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Patient is going to be a 93-year-old male.
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He is conscious breathing an alert of a laceration to his wrist from a metal framework.
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He is bleeding profusely.
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Thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Charlie-level: Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) determinant 'Charlie' indicating an urgent/priority medical response, typically ALS
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Location mentioned:
Near Prospect St, Nashua, NH 03060
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