Man unresponsive after falling down stairs in Pittsylvania County, Roanoke VA
Medical EmergencyA 50-year-old man fell down stairs about an hour ago in Pittsylvania County. Emergency medical services found him unresponsive with slow breathing. He was transported by medical helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital with a head laceration and altered mental status.
Audio|Source: Carilion Clinic Life-Gurad Helicopters
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Transcript:
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Corrie and flat off, Lifeguard 10.
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Lifeguard 10 go ahead.
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Lifeguard 10 off our Pennsylvania County scene at 2252.
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In route to RMH with a 150 pound patient.
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Time and route, 23 minutes, fuel on board is 48.
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HOE of 25 Risk is a 2, 4 souls on board.
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Well, I'm trying to have you lifting headed to Roan Up with four solds 48 in the main 23 in row 8 to E2EF 25 at 2253.
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Committee Medcom, Black Carton.
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Black Card 10.
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Go ahead.
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Black Card 10 is about 15 minutes off rooftop from a scene call from Pennsylvania County.
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50-year-old male following down a flight of stairs.
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How do you copy?
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Okay, we're about 14 minutes.
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That was the level 1 trauma.
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The 50-year-old male, approximately one hour ago, fell down a set of steps.
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EMS found him to be an altered mental status.
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Shortly there, unresponsive agonels-type respirations.
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On our arrival, we found it to be bagging him, high-flood of O2,
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breathing a four to six times a minute, completely unresponsive.
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Isolated headed.
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Audrey,
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fall down the one set of steps landing on a concrete landing has a small laceration to the side of his head.
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Pupils are about a four, been fixed, no other obvious trauma.
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Initially, they reported him to be very hypertensive.
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Blood pressure was in the 220s to 150s range
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and sinus attack at over 100s.
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Part 95 rival, we chose to elected to RSI, imitibated Securities Airway, which we have.
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He's mechanically ventilated now intubated.
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Current viral signs, blood pressure is 153 over 100.
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Heart rate is 105, sinus rhythm.
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We have a mechanically ventilator on ventilator.
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Entitle is about 38 at this time.
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We have,
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in the process of giving him a...
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Ram a Kepra, we have hypotonic solution running at this point.
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Had a total of about 300 cc fluid at this time, how do you copy so far?
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We're fully secured lock, five board, two ivies in place.
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We'll be finishing up the Kepra.
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Any questions?
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For 10, you'll be a level 1 travel, going to the bay, we'll see you in trauma Bay 3.
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Okay, thank you.
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Belleview Ave SE, Roanoke, VA 24014
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