Elderly woman transported after ground-level fall with head injury, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyAn 85-year-old woman fell at ground level and suffered a head injury. She is alert but in pain and is being taken to St. Joseph Hospital under a trauma alert. She uses blood thinners and is receiving oxygen support.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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Code 2[1], trauma, trauma alert, short ETA.
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St. Joe City 2, North Carolina with the Code 2[1], Level 2, ALS.
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Trauma. On board, I have an 85-year-old female with a chief complaint of head pain, secondary to a ground-level mechanical call.
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The patient does take clopidigril, this will be a trauma alert for fall with head injury on blood thinners.
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We have a 2-minute ETA.
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She is alert 9x4, GCS 15, CSM is intact times 4.
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We do have her in C-collar precautions, and she is reporting a headache at this time.
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A sinus,
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normal sinus is sinus to sinus brady in the 50s and 60s, hypertensive at 1-7.
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She has a C.OPD.
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She's on a nasal cannula at 2 liters per minute baseline, adding at 92%.
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I'll see you in two.
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Break for any questions.
Police codes explained
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Code 2: Urgent response without lights and sirens (expedite, non-emergency)
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Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA 95501
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