Elderly woman falls at nursing facility, Escondido CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an 82-year-old woman was found on the ground after an unwitnessed fall at a nursing facility near Citracado Parkway in Escondido. She sustained a minor head injury and was transported to Palomar Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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AMR Care BLS Unit 50, run number (number withheld) coming to you today from a nursing facility with an 82-year-old female patient with a complaint of an unwitnessed fall.
00:15
The staff found the patient on the ground around 4:40 this evening.
00:19
The patient stated she was bending over and fell, hitting her head.
00:24
Negative on thinners.
00:25
The patient denies head, neck, or back pain.
00:28
The patient has a hematoma on the right side of her eyebrow and a history of dementia and Parkinson's disease.
00:36
The patient speaks only Spanish.
00:39
We got AOx2 baseline due to dementia.
00:44
Blood pressure one hundred forty-eight over eighty-two, heart rate seventy-eight.
00:48
Oxygen saturation ninety-eight percent on room air, respiration sixteen, and estimated arrival about ten minutes to Palomar Hospital.
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Location mentioned:
Citracado Parkwy, Escondido, CA 92029
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