Elderly woman falls at independent living facility, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded to a 92-year-old woman at an independent living facility after an unwitnessed ground-level fall. She had a large head injury and was lethargic. A trauma alert was requested for transport to the hospital emergency room.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
First Indiana, Medics 6, ETA, 15 minutes.
00:07
I got a 92-year-old female requesting a trauma alert for a ground-level fall.
00:11
How do you got so far?
00:19
The individual is coming from an independent living facility.
00:23
The fall was unwitnessed.
00:24
Last scene to her baseline was sometime last night.
00:31
Currently for us, I have a GCS of 14 for alerts of verbal stimuli and confusion.
00:40
Normal sinus rhythm is 70, blood pressure is 170 over 72.
00:43
She's 99% and a glucose of 125.
00:47
We were able to get a collar on her.
00:49
She does have a very large hematoma above her right eye.
00:54
Before we got there, she was very combative with them.
00:59
Intermittently for us, she is extremely lethargic.
01:02
We're working on IV access now.
01:04
We'll be in about 10 to 12 and no use of anticoagulants on her paperwork.
01:11
Stand by for any questions. There's further question.
01:12
Orders now, okay, for a trauma alert.
01:15
Talkgroup 1092, you'll go to room D as David.
01:21
1092, room D.
01:22
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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