Medical emergency involves elderly female near Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a medical emergency involves an elderly female near Ogletown Stanton Rd who has a urinary tract infection and has experienced multiple recent falls, including a suspected head injury. She is being transported for trauma evaluation with symptoms including altered alertness and various pains. The cause of her condition may relate to the infection or the falls.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:54
Transcript:
00:00
Christiana, go ahead.
00:02
Hello again, Christiana.
00:03
This is my call from ID (number withheld).
00:04
I'm out of your facility.
00:07
Approximately a 12 to 15-minute ETA on board.
00:09
I have a 78-year-old female with a UTI.
00:12
I'm going to need a patient out on our arrival.
00:14
They'll be happy so far.
00:17
78 female trauma eval and she's a rehab.
00:23
Seventy-eight-year-old female was apparently diagnosed with a UTI approximately 1 min ago.
00:28
She has now been on three separate antibiotics for the same.
00:32
Has not finished the last round of antibiotics, is taking them.
00:35
Did take them this morning.
00:37
Currently at approximately 2 a.m., patient did suffer a fall.
00:40
She's had three more falls since then.
00:42
She did advise she struck her head during the fall when she fell backwards onto a hardwood floor.
00:49
I don't see anything on her med list at this point.
00:54
Her arrival, she's awake.
00:56
She is not alert to time for her family.
00:57
This is not normal for her.
01:01
Currently, complaints at this point are going to be lower back pain, which is apparently normal.
01:04
We've got some pain in the left axillary area as well as mild neck pain.
01:09
She has been collared out of precaution.
01:13
Currently, she's on the back of my monitor at 106, ninety-seven percent on room air with a blood pressure manually of 194 over 94.
01:22
Got an end tidal that's sitting at about twenty-six to twenty-eight with a good waveform.
01:27
Respirations are approximately twenty-four breaths a minute.
01:31
Just given the fact that we're slightly altered, I'm not sure if that's going to be due to the UTI or if that's going to be due to the fall.
01:36
Like safety bikes go ahead and trauma eval on our arrival.
01:39
We're coming up Route 1 now.
01:40
Looks like we're cutting past Route 40 in about a half mile, maybe about 10 out at this point.
01:45
Standing by for questions.
01:47
All right, no further questions.
01:48
We'll eval all arrivals.
01:50
Staff number (number withheld).
01:53
Copy (number withheld), channel clear, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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