Toddler with head injury taken to hospital after fall, Petersburg WV
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Medical EmergencyEmergency medical services transported a three-year-old boy to Grant Memorial Hospital with a head injury from a fall. The patient was briefly crying but did not lose consciousness or vomit. On assessment, he had a hematoma and bruising above his left eyebrow, with sluggish left pupil response. Vital signs and Glasgow coma score were recorded.
Audio|Heard on: Hardy County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Cert number destination, ETA please.
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Grant Memorial Hospital with about a five-minute ETA, 073841.
00:08
I have on board a three-year-old male patient.
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The complaint is a fall from a low height, striking his head on the corner of a stand.
00:21
The patient did not lose consciousness; he cried briefly then became quiet.
00:30
He thought he might vomit but did not.
00:34
Arriving on scene, the patient was alert and oriented, got him in the back of the ambulance,
00:42
assessed his pupils; a hematoma above the left eyebrow is about the size of a quarter.
00:49
There is some small bruising.
00:54
The pupil on the left side was sluggish,
00:56
and the pupil on the right was reactive.
01:01
I have respirations of 24, blood pressure 72 over 45, pulse of 91,
01:07
I gave a Glasgow coma score of 8.
01:11
I did not attempt the Dexio on this patient.
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Location mentioned:
Hospital Dr, Petersburg, WV 26847
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