74-year-old man injured in fall with leg fracture, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyA 74-year-old man at Timber Ridge Lane in Eureka fell and fractured his thigh bone. He may also have a hip injury. He received pain medication and was taken to the hospital by emergency services.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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goes to Luan City 4 with a CO2 level 3 trauma of a 74-year-old male patient chief from playing today is going to be a right leg pain located on like the femur and the right hip he suffered a mechanical ground level fall while walking which resulted in an obvious like midline femur fracture however I also feel like the right hip might be involved we currently have it planted in place he's had 75 micrograms of IV fentanyl the pain is currently a 2 out of 10 he's anandotens 4 DCF 50 Signus on the monitor is 69, pressure is 169 over 91.
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We have a minute to decoller right now and on a flat just as precautions for a distracting injury.
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For ALS for trauma right now, he does have a pulse present in that right foot and he has good movement of the right extremity.
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We have ETSU of about six minutes and I want to show any questions.
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Timber Ridge Ln, Eureka, CA 95503
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