Accidental medical alert button activation by elderly woman, Elgin IL
Medical EmergencyAn elderly woman accidentally pressed her medical alert button at home near 7 Avenue between Dilla Street and Olive Street in Elgin. Emergency services were dispatched but confirmed through voice contact that there was no medical emergency.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
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Transcript:
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Ambulance 5.
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Ambulance request 447, near 7 Avenue.
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Between Dilla Street and Olive Street.
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Timeout 0.023.23.
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Ambulance 5.
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Ambulance request.
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447, near 7 Avenue.
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1 to 5 showing your route, called my alarm company for a medical button activation for an 83-year-old female, no voice contact.
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Ambulance 5 from Elton Fire.
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Go ahead. The alarm company just called back, the patient pushed the button again, and they made voice contact.
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She did it by accident.
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I got it was accidental.
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Can she come out to the door?
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I am not on the phone with her.
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It was called by the alarm company.
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I can try and give her a call, but the phone number they had listed on file was for a daughter, not on scene.
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