Elderly woman injured in fall at nursing home, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 93-year-old woman from a nursing home in Odessa suffered a ground-level fall with a shortened leg and swelling near her eye. She did not hit her head but briefly lost consciousness. The patient, who takes blood thinners, was transported in stable condition to Christiana Hospital for evaluation of trauma-related injuries.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:26
Transcript:
00:00
K and six, permanent seven hundred and thirty-seven.
00:01
I am down at the facility with the patient now.
00:03
It's going to be ED team where I got a ninety-three year old female.
00:06
Or how do you copy so far?
00:09
He said ninety-three year old female with a fall.
00:11
Go ahead.
00:13
Ninety-three year old coming from a nursing home down in Odessa had a ground-level fall today, mechanical in nature.
00:20
She did not hit her head.
00:22
She lost consciousness.
00:23
Does take blood thinners.
00:26
BLS reporting on their arrival, they had obvious shortening to the left leg.
00:29
Looks like some swelling to the upper left eye as well.
00:37
Vitals are all stable, heart rate one hundred and a paced rhythm, pressure one thirty over sixty, ninety-five, severe.
00:46
Treating for pain with some fentanyl.
00:50
Hello, (name withheld) giving me a heads up standby for any questions.
00:54
No, I have no questions.
00:55
But she does meet our trauma criteria because of her age and anticoagulated status with signs of infirmity.
01:03
You said it's an ETA of ten minutes.
01:05
Is that right?
01:08
Yeah, I'd say probably six to eight at this point.
01:17
Okay, please hold while I get you a room for arrival.
01:23
Copy. Sound alert activation of the room on arrival.
01:26
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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