Multiple elderly treated after falls and illness
Medical EmergencyDispatch radio audio about multiple medical calls for older adults. One call involves a 90-year-old woman who is confused, weak, and may have a urinary infection. Other calls involve falls, including a 60-year-old woman who fell, landed on carpet, and cannot move her toes (noted as her usual baseline). Fire and ambulance units are sent to several addresses.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
Engine 5, Rescue 1, and AMR 112 respond to sick person at 160 Southeast Washington Street. Unit 320. Cross streets are Southwest Washington Street and Southeast 2nd Avenue. AMR 112 taking the call at Washington and M Street, coming from the Esplanade. Engine 5 and Rescue 1, you can slow to code 1. 570 and AMR 153 responding to a fall at 5225 Southwest Dogwood Lane. Cross streets are Southwest Dogwood Place and Southwest Ridgemont Street. AMR 153 responding to a basic fall at 6825 Southwest Princess Avenue near Southwest Imperial Drive and Southwest King Boulevard. Squad 70 reports no BLS unit available. For the fall on Dogwood: patient is a 60-year-old female, conscious and breathing normally, fell while reaching for something and was out of bed, fell about 1.5 feet. Cannot move her toes, which is the patient's baseline. Fall occurred eight hours ago. Patient landed on carpet. No further.
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Location mentioned:
Near SW Princess Ave, Beaverton, OR 97008
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