Elderly woman suffers right femur fracture in fall, Berwick PA
Medical EmergencyA 91-year-old woman fell near Limited Avenue and suffered a serious right femur fracture. She did not hit her head during the fall. Family members stopped her fall before it was complete. Fire department was requested to assist with lifting the patient. The fracture was isolated and angulated, with good blood circulation in the affected limb.
Audio|Source: Eastern Columbia and Western Luzerne Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Nine, Bravo to this call, and then also request fire for lifting assistance, please.
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Lezarin County, Hanover Fire, on a medical assist.
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Near Limited Avenue, for lifting assistance, (number withheld).
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It's 96i, you can cancel medic 95.
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We'll take another number.
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Okay, medic 95, county.
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95 copies, returning service available.
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Sir 920.
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After medic 95.
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95.
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95. 95.
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95 has been canceled by East Central returning available.
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104-95 at 924.
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25-924.
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25-2-2-I.
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522-I. Purglar unavailable.
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104-924.
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Go ahead and send him now because nobody's down here at Colorado Head.
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All right, he's on his way in.
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Medical 11 Delta.
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That's the hospital, sir.
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Time for, Medical 11, Delta, 926.
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Affirm.
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Okay,
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when he gets back here.
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Okay.
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91-year-old 73 kilo patient, a pathogenic midline right femur fracture,
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her to snap, and she started the fall. Family members actually stopped their fall. She did not even go the whole way down, did not hit her head.
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It's an isolated midline fracture.
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It was angulated. They actually put a hair traction on it. I have good distal pulses at the present time.
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