Elderly woman injured in fall at Newark residence, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders assisted an 89-year-old woman who fell and hit the back of her head at her home near Ogletown Stanton Road in Newark, Delaware. She sustained minor head lacerations and tailbone pain, was on a blood thinner, and was transported to Christiana Hospital as a trauma alert.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Eighty-nine-year-old female, so I'll have you copy.
00:03
Loud and clear, go ahead.
00:05
She's trying to start orient time four.
00:08
She had a fall about 30 min ago when she was trying to get onto her couch.
00:12
Struck back of her head on the floor.
00:14
She is on a blood thinner.
00:17
Patient has a complaint of a headache.
00:19
She's got small lacerations to the back of her head.
00:21
A caller was placed as precaution.
00:23
She's also experiencing tailbone pain from previous fall.
00:27
No other complaints at this time.
00:29
Blood pressure of 120 over eighty-two, pulse ox of ninety-four percent room air.
00:34
Patient's heart rate is jumping from forty-five to 109.
00:37
History of AFib.
00:39
ETA of 9 minutes.
00:41
Stand by for any questions or concerns.
00:44
Did you say there is or is not a laceration present on the head?
00:49
Just small lacerations to the back of her head.
00:54
Given she has evidence of that trauma, criteria for us just call this now.
01:01
We'll call her as a pre-hospital trauma alert arriving in 9 minutes, and they'll tell you which room on arrival.
01:07
This is (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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