Elderly man suffers back injury after shower fall in Eureka, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyBeing transported to St. Joseph Hospital after slipping in the shower and injuring lower back, an 82-year-old man with prior vertebral fracture and chronic conditions is alert and walking.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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81, go to level 2, DLS, and trauma.
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St. Joe, this is Demiol, and your time is 156, go ahead.
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November 31, we're CO2 Level 2[1] BLS trauma with an 82 year old male chief complaint of lower back pain.
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It's just left of his spine, sort of the muscles in that area.
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He said he slipped in the shower and fell and kind of hit his back.
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He denies any kind of impact to his head, denies any neck pain.
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However, he did,
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said, a fracture of vertebrae.
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six weeks ago so he's got some concerns about that but he is ambulatory he was able to walk himself out to his bed that happened about three hours ago um no loss consciousness something like that uh his blood pressure with high history of hypertension is 168 over 110 and blood sugar with the history of diabetes is 149 of the vitals are with and normal limits 804 gc 15 uh going to be here back door in a couple minutes
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Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA 95501
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