Medical crew assists person after fall near Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, medical personnel responded to a possible fall near Santa Fe Dr involving an elderly person who sustained a laceration to the right eye after losing balance. The individual remained conscious with stable vital signs and was transported to Scripps Encinitas Hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We called to a private residence for a seventy-three-year-old male complaint via laceration on his right eye after a mechanical trip and fall.
00:08
(Name withheld) with the walker lost balance causing (him/her) to fall.
00:15
He landed on the right side.
00:16
He's got a one and a half inch laceration on the eye.
00:20
No bloodletting or loss of consciousness.
00:23
No head, neck or back pain.
00:26
Vitals are stable.
00:28
On room air,
00:29
fully answering all questions appropriately.
00:34
ECS has seen heart rate of 70, normal sinus rhythm.
00:40
Blood pressure of 112 over 70.
00:42
Skin's pink, warm and dry.
00:44
Patient has a history of Parkinson's and hypothyroidism.
00:48
Takes medication and oxygen therapy for treatment.
00:51
We have him spinal motion restriction to what he can tolerate with a C collar on.
00:56
Shoulders needed to be sat up on the gurney, but we haven't been spinal motion restriction.
01:00
Headed to Scripps Encinitas as per patient request with a twenty-minute ETA.
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Location mentioned:
Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
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