Elderly woman falls at memory care facility with wrist injury, Oceanside CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 93-year-old woman with dementia fell backwards at a memory care facility after becoming agitated and attempting to move quickly in her wheelchair. She injured her right wrist by hitting furniture, causing minor bleeding that was controlled. She has mild head pain but no neck pain or loss of consciousness. The patient was alert and behaving normally after the fall. She was transported to Tri-City Hospital for evaluation and treatment.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:25
Transcript:
00:00
Are you clear to send over a port to Tri-City for a 93-year-old female?
00:06
The chief complaint is going to be right wrist pain.
00:09
Status post a fall.
00:13
Yeah, go ahead.
00:15
Thank you, Valmar.
00:17
Again, this is, I am a CAD number of (number withheld).
00:23
I have a 93-year-old female with a chief complaint of right arm pain, well, right wrist pain,
00:29
status post,
00:31
a fall.
00:33
And this is going to be a mild trauma.
00:35
So the story goes, this patient is a dementia patient at a member of care facility.
00:41
And the staff...
00:43
She's been agitated and tried to run them over with her wheelchair, which led her to fall backwards,
00:51
and she caught her wrist on a piece of furniture causing a little laceration, which is controlled, bleeding is controlled,
00:59
but that's the only outward sign of trauma.
01:06
Patient is alert oriented times one, which is her baseline.
01:10
Staff is stating that she's acting appropriately.
01:13
Again, this was a witness fall.
01:14
She fell backward.
01:16
Didn't hit her head.
01:19
And she's not complaining of any neck pain.
01:23
She has a little bit of head pain.
01:25
I'm unsure if that was from before or after the incident.
01:28
However, she does have a little bit of head pain.
01:31
As for treatment, I have her in...
01:33
and we're driving in a position and hopper to Tri-City.
01:42
As her middle,
01:44
a hundred pound page, she's her eyes are Peril, anatoch has one, which is her baseline.
01:51
She doesn't move off strategy.
01:53
She has a blood pressure and then a pulse of east shore.
02:01
Is there anything else I can get for you? Other than this, actually I will have a full history alleges made upon Robert.
02:09
You were kind of cutting out a little bit, the LS-126 with the bottle size.
02:12
Can you just repeat that blood pressure?
02:16
Copy. It was 146 over 7-8.
02:20
And she's not on any blood thinners?
02:24
That's negative no blood thinners.
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Location mentioned:
Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92056
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