Man develops abdominal pain after single-car crash, Berkeley Springs WV
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a 65-year-old man was involved in a single-vehicle crash that struck a tree. He initially refused treatment but later developed abdominal pain, vomiting, shivering, and blood-tinged urine. He has a history of diabetes and is being transported to War Memorial Hospital for further evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Monongalia WV Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Sir, on board this evening, we have a 65-year-old male. His wife called because he was involved in a motor vehicle accident, approximately 1,800 hours this evening.
00:11
Single vehicle accident went off the roadway, struck a tree with airbag deployment.
00:16
They refused the EMS treatment on scene.
00:19
She picked him up and brought him home.
00:23
After they got back to the residence,
00:26
he began shivering.
00:29
Complaining of abdominal pain and has vomited several times.
00:36
She also noticed blood-tinged urine inside of his underwear.
00:47
In the history of diabetes, his current blood sugar is 277.
00:53
And he had a tympanic temperature of 99.1 in the residence.
01:02
He was under about four mic and said he was freezing to death.
01:11
Showing time's rhythm on a monitor, grade of 87 oxygen saturation levels,
01:16
97 on room air.
01:20
Respiratory range by 22, breath sounds are clear and equal bilaterally.
01:24
Current blood pressure 135 over 70.
01:27
I'm sure we did take a good look at the abdomen.
01:31
There's no bruising noted.
01:33
We're on the left side,
01:35
just above the pubic line.
01:39
He cringes with pain when you palpate that area.
01:42
However, there is no rebound tenderness.
01:48
There's only medications, they take several for depression and then metformin.
01:55
We chose War Memorial Hospital as a destination because I don't believe that two instances are related.
02:00
I think he's got an illness compounded by that accident.
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Location mentioned:
Healthy Way, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
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