74-year-old woman falls down stairs, sustains head injury, Havre De Grace MD


A 74-year-old woman fell down about 13 stairs at a home near Graceview Dr and suffered a head injury. Emergency responders called for a medical helicopter that landed at Meadowvale Elementary School to assist.
Audio|Source: Harford County Public Safety
04:34
Transcript:
00:00
Do you have a landing zone, G591? Yeah, put them down at the Meadowvale Elementary School. Have one engine respond to set up landing sites. Received.
00:24
21A negative, standby. Two vibrate. 21A arrived. 21A arrived 1844. Made contact. Received. What's apartment number? What apartment number was it?
00:48
She's advising she's separate from the apartment that are connected. Received. That's to achieve 591. Good. Trooper 4 with a 20-minute PTA. Correction, that's Delaware Trooper 4.
01:07
company five respondent helicopter standby Metavel elementary school ETA of Delaware medic four 17 minutes 1847
01:18
RC MC, this is Harper Medic 31 for Bayou. T5 on patient location, Spurn Drive, 12-06. T-POT once in route. G51 on Route 1848. 224, 224, northwest.
01:45
Baby, don't mind, do you require physician for medical direction? That's negative. This is information only. This is Harvard County, Medics 31, in-rout peer facility with a 20-minute EPA, Charlie-Trauma Alert[1]. How do you copy? 31-1 station. June 5. 15 in route, with 3.
02:11
Again, we have a 74-year-old female on board who had a fall from the top of the stairs, about 13 steps, about over 10 feet of fall. What positive for LOC has repetitive asking repetitive questions, doesn't remember the fall. Patient is alert with a GCS[2] report team. Vitals are as follows.
02:39
She has a blood pressure of 145 over 70, a pulse of 112, 94% on room air, 21 respirations. 10515 around with 3, 1849. A patient has now decreased to a GCS[2] of 13 and is getting very sleepy prior to giving the fentanyl.
03:03
If you don't require any further information, we will have 20 minutes. Do you need copies, read console, if you need further medical directions. 31's clear. Chief 5-1 to ride Meadowvale. Chief 5-1 arrived at Meadowvale, 1851. 21 is around 388.
03:33
Medic 21A in route to 388, 1851. The special medic tenant, we'll be in route to BES4-4-4-year-up. Very-sifty. In-Route to the landing ground at 1852. Safe, medical service route.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Charlie-Trauma Alert: High-priority medical emergency with potential serious injury
[2]
GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, used to assess consciousness after injury
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Location mentioned:
Near Graceview Dr, Havre De Grace, MD 21078
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