Child transported after fall at care facility, Columbus OH
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, eMS transported a nine-year-old hospice patient from a memory care unit to Riverside Methodist Hospital after an apparent unwitnessed fall that caused a hematoma above the eye. The child was conscious, with stable vital signs and no reported use of blood thinners.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin OH Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Medic 83, Riverside.
00:04
Medic 83 is bringing you a nine-year-old female patient.
00:08
Patient was found by nursing home staff on the floor, so it was an unwitnessed fall estimated around two to three hours ago.
00:18
She is alert and oriented.
00:20
She is a hospice patient in a memory care unit.
00:23
She has a golf ball size hematoma above her left eye.
00:31
Also, the vitals were 142 over 80, 126/2.
00:38
We're about 5 minutes out.
00:42
Medic 83, do you know if the patient takes any blood thinners?
00:47
She is not on any blood thinners.
00:52
Medic 83, is the patient's GCS baseline?
00:57
Yes, it is.
01:02
Copy that. We'll see you in here.
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Location mentioned:
Olentangy River Rd, Columbus, OH 43214
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