Woman falls on stairs, fractures right wrist, Westwood MA
An 85-year-old woman fell while climbing carpeted stairs at a middle school. She hit her head but had no pain there. She suffered an obvious buckle fracture of her right wrist and was assisted by EMS. She was alert and oriented during the incident.
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85 female conscious alert oriented times 3 trip and fall while going up 7 carpeted steps did hit her head has no pain there obvious buckle fracture of the right wrist as ice in a split right now with the DSMs
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she's using the bathroom and we'll take probably a stretcher to the front door
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Location mentioned:
Near Nahatan St, Westwood, MA 02090
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