Elderly woman falls and refuses hospital care, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a call near Christiana Hospital in Newark for a seventy-three-year-old woman who fell. She was alert and oriented, experienced vomiting and high blood pressure, but refused to be transported to the hospital.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
On scene currently with a seventy-three-year-old female who had a fall this evening.
00:07
(Name withheld) stated that she lost her balance causing her to fall to the floor.
00:11
She denies hitting her head.
00:12
She says that she remembers everything and she's fine.
00:14
She does not take any blood thinners.
00:18
The patient is alert and oriented times four.
00:21
Only concern for us is that once we got her up, she began to have an episode of vomiting.
00:26
We obtained a blood pressure of 228 over 118.
00:31
(Name withheld) did state that that can be normal when she is under stress.
00:34
She was eighty-nine percent on room air.
00:38
Heart rate of sixty-five.
00:41
Blood sugar is 227.
00:46
The patient is adamantly refusing being transported to the hospital.
00:50
We're just reaching out to you for the acknowledgment of refusal.
00:56
If you have any questions,
01:00
Write as long as this patient is alert and oriented times four and understands the rules.
01:03
Risk of not being evaluated, particularly with that elevated blood pressure and refusal acknowledged.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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