Female suffers ankle injury after fainting from flu shot reaction, Eau Claire WI
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Medical EmergencyA 67-year-old female fainted due to a flu shot reaction and injured her ankle after falling. She is experiencing significant pain and suspects a possible fracture.
Audio|Heard on: Eau Claire County Fire and EMS
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Medic 10, Alpha response for traumatic injury near Sherwin Avenue, cross streets of Margaret and Lee, all for response traumatic injury, Medi-Ten on fire, Maine.
00:21
Backtense and out.
00:24
Send work, happy information.
00:36
For a 67-year-old female, she has conscious breathing, said she got the flu shot yesterday and usually has a bad reaction to it.
00:43
She ended up passing out last night and taking an accidental fall.
00:47
When she fell, she hurt her ankle.
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She's been icing it and trying to make it feel better since.
00:51
However, she thinks that might be fractured, not putting any weight on it, and it's causing her a lot of pain.
00:56
She said she was going to scoot on her butt to unlock the door for you guys.
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If it's not unlocked and you get there, let us know we can give her a callback.
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Sherwin Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701
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