Elderly woman injured in fall at home, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a call for a 75-year-old woman who fell at home and sustained a head injury. The woman, who takes blood thinners, remained conscious and stable. She was transported to Christiana Hospital for evaluation and treatment.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:39
Transcript:
00:00
Good morning, (name withheld).
00:01
This is BLS unit B16.
00:03
We have a 75-year-old woman who fell.
00:05
How do you copy so far?
00:09
75 female fall.
00:10
This is task number (number withheld).
00:12
Go ahead.
00:15
75-year-old woman fell at ground level.
00:18
Fell in her bedroom, hit her head on the end of the bed.
00:21
Fell into the living room and could not get off the floor.
00:26
Patient has a small head injury.
00:28
Wound on the top of her head.
00:30
No loss of consciousness but patient is on a blood thinner.
00:35
Vital signs stable.
00:37
Pressure is 142 over 72.
00:39
Heart rate 96.
00:40
Oxygen at 98 percent on room air.
00:44
Complaining of pain in the back of the head.
00:50
Just in case you want to evaluate upon arrival, at the summit.
00:54
I'm sorry,
00:57
Could you repeat the ETA for me?
01:01
I'm sorry, I just can't hear you.
01:05
Could you repeat your ETA?
01:08
About three or four minutes out.
01:12
Gotcha. Okay, we will.
01:15
Other than as you said,
01:18
Signs of head trauma, so we're going to alert them.
01:21
I'll call that pre-hospital alert.
01:25
We will have room for you on arrival.
01:27
Again, this is doc number (number withheld).
01:31
Copy that, right?
01:34
If you are still on, can you order from (name withheld)?
01:38
On arrival, (name withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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