09/07/2026
PLYMOUTH VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS
Emergency Medical Blotter – August 2026
August 1–2:
Sick‑person calls, breathing problems, chest pain, unknown medical issues, assaults, back pain, and a motor‑vehicle collision. Several incidents required paramedic dispatch.
August 3:
Multiple medical emergencies including chest pain, animal bites, psychiatric issues, falls, and breathing problems. PVAC assisted Thomaston with a high‑priority respiratory call.
August 4:
Falls, chest pain, sick‑person calls, and a high‑acuity cardiac alert requiring ALS. Additional responses included animal bites and unknown‑problem calls.
August 5:
Abdominal pain, psychiatric emergencies, falls, chest pain, and an overdose requiring paramedic support. Mutual aid provided to Thomaston for back pain.
August 6:
Busy day with sick‑person calls, seizures, traumatic injuries, hemorrhage alerts, and multiple high‑priority cardiac/respiratory cases. Several ALS activations.
August 7:
Headache complaints, psychiatric disturbances, traffic accidents, and heart‑problem alerts. One prolonged psychiatric incident required extended on‑scene time.
August 8–9:
Unconscious/fainting calls, motor‑vehicle collisions, assaults, chest pain, sick‑person calls, falls, and heat‑exposure incidents. Several ALS‑level cardiac calls.
August 10–11:
Breathing problems, assaults, chest pain, unknown medical issues, psychiatric emergencies, seizures, and motor‑vehicle collisions. Multiple high‑acuity respiratory calls required medic dispatch.
August 12:
Overdose, falls, sick‑person calls, psychiatric issues, and unknown medical problems. Mutual aid provided to Bristol for a fall.
August 13:
Traumatic injuries, unconscious/fainting calls, falls, sick‑person calls, hemorrhage alerts, and psychiatric issues. Several ALS activations.
August 14–15:
Breathing problems, headaches, sick‑person calls, chest pain, multiple motor‑vehicle collisions, falls, and traumatic injuries. Several high‑priority cardiac calls required medic response.
August 16–17:
Overdose, breathing problems, psychiatric emergencies, hemorrhage alerts, cardiac/respiratory arrest, and stroke‑like symptoms. Multiple ALS activations.
August 18–19:
Stroke symptoms, hemorrhage alerts, sick‑person calls, chest pain, seizures, psychiatric issues, falls, and citizen assists. Several high‑acuity calls required paramedic dispatch.
August 20:
Back pain, sick‑person calls, interfacility transfers, chest pain, and a fall. Multiple ALS‑level responses.
August 21:
Falls, motor‑vehicle collisions, stroke symptoms, and psychiatric emergencies in both Plymouth and Bristol. Several calls required rapid ALS intervention.
August 22:
Animal‑bite reports, traffic accidents, interfacility transfers, cardiac/respiratory arrest, and falls. One high‑acuity arrest required full ALS response.
August 23:
Falls, psychiatric emergencies, alarm activations, automatic crash notifications, and back pain.
August 24:
Back pain, unknown medical problems, and psychiatric issues. Multiple late‑evening unknown‑problem calls.
August 25:
Sick‑person calls, traumatic injuries, heart‑problem alerts, falls, and psychiatric emergencies. Several ALS‑level cardiac calls.
August 26:
Hemorrhage alerts, unknown medical problems, falls, sick‑person calls, and psychiatric issues. Multiple ALS activations.
August 27:
Unconscious/fainting calls, falls, and sick‑person calls. Several high‑acuity neurological cases required medic dispatch.
August 28:
Breathing problems, motor‑vehicle collisions, abdominal pain, citizen assists, falls, and psychiatric emergencies.
August 29:
Cardiac/respiratory arrest, psychiatric emergencies, falls, motor‑vehicle collisions, unconscious/fainting calls, and automatic crash notifications.
August 30:
Psychiatric emergencies, citizen assists, chest pain, breathing problems, sick‑person calls, and unconscious/fainting calls. Multiple ALS activations.
August 31:
Breathing problems, falls, diabetic emergencies, and an overdose in Bristol. Several early‑morning ALS‑level calls.
