Elderly woman falls and suffers head laceration

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This is Mount Desert Rescue Eight. I'm near hospital.

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This

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is Mount Desert Rescue Eight.

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We're about 5 min out from your facility with an eighty-seven, eighty-seven-year-old female.

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Conscious and alert.

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Chief complaint is fell, struck her head.

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Significant gash on her head.

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Got it. Controlled with quick.

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Bandinging.

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Currently,

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she's a dementia patient and will not fully remember what happened.

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Current vitals: heart rate 68, blood pressure 145 over 83, respirations around 16,

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SpO2 97% on nasal cannula, four liters.

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Attempted IV access, not able to get one.

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Did vomit prior to us getting into the ambulance.

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Do you have any questions?

01:06

According to her husband, she is not on blood thinners.

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One of the things to add is her pupils were reactive but sluggish.

01:25

Unsure of that.

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Also have (name withheld).

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See caller.

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We're on arrival.

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WIR 662.

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This is Rescue 8, Rescue 8, off at MDI Hospital.

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Emporium, Rescue 8, MDI Hospital.

2026-10-29 01:21 UTC

Medical Emergency

Wayman Ln, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Elderly woman falls and suffers head laceration

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Elderly woman falls and suffers head laceration

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