Medical team responds to fall injury at Christiana Hospital, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders assisted a man who fell and suffered confirmed hip and rib fractures and a potential head injury near Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. The patient, who was on blood-thinning medication, was transported for a trauma evaluation at the hospital’s emergency room.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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This is BLS unit C9 in our care facility requesting a trauma evaluation.
00:04
How do you copy so far?
00:07
Loud and clear, doctor.
00:08
93, go ahead.
00:10
Again, BLS unit P9 requesting a trauma evaluation.
00:15
69-year-old male who fell on concrete and hit his head.
00:19
I picked up from urgent care.
00:21
He has a confirmed hip fracture and rib fracture.
00:26
He has a faint radio for us, and the pulse ox is not correlating.
00:30
Blood pressure 130 over 80, and he is on medication.
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I mean times four answering questions appropriately.
00:39
We're about
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Five to ten minutes away.
00:43
Do I prefer the question?
00:47
Sixty-nine male, he is on medication.
00:50
He fell today and did hit his head.
00:52
Is that correct? Copy.
00:54
He fell yesterday and had a hip fracture.
00:58
And he went to urgent care.
00:59
Had those injuries identified correct?
01:02
Correct.
01:06
So based on his mechanism and being on medication, we will actually initiate a pre-hospital trauma alert.
01:15
He will come to room D as in David on arrival.
01:18
What is your ETA? Copy.
01:22
Room D's ETA is five to six minutes.
01:27
Sounds good. We will see you then.
01:29
Doctor 993, channel clear.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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