Elderly woman taken to hospital after unwitnessed fall, Columbia SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services transported a 93-year-old woman from assisted living after she had an unwitnessed fall resulting in a head injury. She has dementia and was placed in a cervical collar as a precaution. She showed no neck pain and vital signs were stable.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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In the OSD Northeast, M.U.S.D.
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Northeast. This is Richland County Unit 218.
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This is North Face.
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We're inbound on emergent at this time with a 93-year-old female.
00:12
She's coming from The Palmettos of Parklane.
00:15
Patient had an unwitness fall today.
00:18
She does have a contusion to the left side of her forehead.
00:21
No blood thinners.
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Perla is present.
00:25
No pain or tenderness upon cervical and thoracic palpation.
00:29
However, we do have her in a C color for precaution.
00:32
She does have a history of dementia and is acting and behaving to her baseline for medical.
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staff on scene.
00:40
She's got a blood pressure of 150 over 75, heart rate is 72, sinus rhythm on the monitor, got a BGL of 160, lungs are clear bilaterally, she's breathing about 16 breaths per minute, has a GCS of 14.
00:55
Skin color and temperature are normal, unable to get an accurate pole socks.
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Our Polotox reader is messing up at this time.
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We have the ECHR facility of about five.
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Location mentioned:
Gateway Corporate Blvd, Columbia, SC 29203
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