Elderly woman from care home with worsening shoulder pain, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyAn elderly woman from a care home has worsening pain in her left shoulder that has increased over the past week. She has a history of falls, dementia, hypertension, and osteoporosis. There are no visible injuries to her shoulder, but moving it causes pain. She denies any recent trauma or pain in her head, neck, or back.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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It's called a level 2 for your last trauma.
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I have an 87-year-old female coming from Price Care Home.
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She had complaints of left shoulder pain.
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That's been going on for the last week, increasing severity today.
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Staff and patient deny.
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Any recent trauma, however, she has a history of frequent falls.
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Her GCS is currently 14, which has her baseline with history of dementia.
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She also has a history of hypertension and osteophorosis.
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There's no obvious signs of trauma noted to her left shoulder.
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However, she's having increased pain upon any range of motion.
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Csons are intact, as for her.
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She's hypertensive, 160 over 60.
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Otherwise, by the bottom at normal limits, we are BLS and we'll be back to around 5 and send you questions orders.
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Additionally, patient denies any head neck or back pain at this time.
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