Elderly woman taken to hospital after fall, Gastonia NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics from Lincoln County responded to a fall involving a seventy-seven-year-old woman near Court Dr in Gastonia. The woman was alert but showed signs of confusion and tachycardia. After initial treatment, she was transported to CaroMont Regional Medical Center for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Gaston NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Lincoln County Medic Three to CaroMont, patient notification.
00:05
CaroMont, this is Lincoln County Medic Three, paramedic doctor.
00:07
We're going to your facility with a seventy-seven-year-old female patient.
00:13
Call there if it's still a fall.
00:14
On arrival, she was alert and oriented times two with a GCS of 13.
00:18
She had been on the floor since about 10:30 this morning.
00:21
Initial vitals showed hypertension.
00:24
Blood pressure 170 over 100, tachycardia.
00:27
Heart rate between 180 and 215.
00:33
She has had one dose of diltiazem.
00:35
It's currently between 90 and 130.
00:38
She's showing respirations 20, ETCO2 37.
00:42
Oxygen saturation 94 percent on two liters oxygen.
00:45
She has also received a liter of fluids, 18 gauge established.
00:48
Current GCS is back up to 15.
00:50
We'll be there in about ten minutes.
00:51
You are running five.
00:53
Patient on location.
00:57
Negative for blood thinners.
00:58
BGL was also 114.
01:01
Okay.
01:04
Take tram home to enter patient notification.
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Location mentioned:
Court Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054
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