Elderly woman taken to hospital for bleeding bedsores, Avon IN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services transported a 72-year-old woman to IU Health West Hospital for severe pain and bleeding from bedsores after being largely bedridden for several years.
Audio|Heard on: Johnson IN Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Hello IU West, we are going to be bringing you a 72-year-old female coming from home.
00:06
The patient has been practically bedridden for three years now.
00:14
Every now and then getting up to use the restroom or do some physical therapy, but within the last month she has developed serious bed sores on her buttocks and lower buttocks.
00:28
She went to a nurse practitioner and doctor about one month ago to get them checked out.
00:32
Upon viewing them she was told to order some medication for it.
00:41
But her husband and she never got around to ordering it, and so now the pain from the bed sores has gotten so bad that she has called to go to the hospital to get them checked out.
00:56
Bye.
01:00
The patient also reports that the bed sores have been bleeding.
01:05
Her last set of vitals that I got on her were 167 over 101.
01:12
Pulse is 74.
01:15
Breathing 18 times a minute, 100% on room air.
01:20
We are around 8 to 10 minutes away from you guys.
01:24
Do you require anything else before arrival?
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Location mentioned:
Indiana University Health West Hospital Heliport, 1111 Ronald Reagan Pkwy, Avon, IN 46123
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