Older woman falls with head injury and possible unconsciousness, Bay City TX
A 70-year-old woman fell and injured the back of her head with a large cut and possible loss of consciousness. She also reported lower back pain. Emergency medical responders are transporting her to Matagorda Regional Hospital by Life Flight helicopter.
Audio|Source: Matagorda County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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8710 to Life Flight 7.
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8710, Life Flight 7 and M-A-2.
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8710, this is Life Flight to go ahead with patient information.
00:24
We're estimated.
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Hotel,
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Matagorda Regional, in about 12 minutes.
00:30
That's clear.
00:31
You all ready for patient report?
00:34
That's affirmative for ready to copy and patient report for Life Flight 7.
00:40
Yes, sir. You're going to have approximately sixty, 70-year-old female.
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Call from standing position.
00:49
Denies any kind of dizziness before the fall.
00:51
She does have a pretty good laceration to the back of her head.
00:56
A lot of bleeding noticed, so I really couldn't tell where exactly the laceration was, but it does appear a pretty good size laceration.
01:04
She's not real sure about loss of consciousness, so I'm going to go ahead and say that positive loss of consciousness.
01:10
Also complaining of back pain in the lumbar, lower lumbar area.
01:17
Getting the IV going right now, where you've got 18 gauge to the left AC.
01:21
Last blood pressure.
01:25
161 over 78 heart rate of 84 patient weight is approximately (number withheld). Just like 7 copy all at GCS.
01:46
Can you repeat that traffic please?
01:50
I just left flight 7 now if you give me a GCS.
01:55
GCS of 15.
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Slide 7, good copy, estimating Medagorda Regional in 10 minutes.
02:05
That's clear.
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7th St, Bay City, TX 77414
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