Elderly woman falls at home and refuses hospital visit, Philipsburg PA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an 87-year-old woman fell backward while decorating near Dogwood Drive. She sustained a head injury with minimal bleeding but remained alert and oriented. After medical advice about possible brain bleeding, she refused hospital transport.
Audio|Heard on: Centre PA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:16
Transcript:
00:00
I'm Dr. Bialis.
00:01
This is EMT.
00:04
235 on Amos 233.
00:07
We're on scene near Dogwood Dr.
00:10
I'm elderly female.
00:12
I'm actually page for a fall victim with head injury.
00:15
She actually met us at the door at the facility here.
00:20
Alert and oriented,
00:21
apparently she was doing something with decorations in her apartment, fell backwards, struck her head.
00:28
Minimal bleeding, but it just stopped at this time.
00:32
She's not taking anything we can see really is aspirin, nothing hard.
00:36
Consulate and oriented.
00:38
Last pressure, 169 over 97.
00:43
That 98% heart rate 71.
00:48
She doesn't wish to be transported to the hospital.
00:50
She's acting within her normal mental status, alert and oriented.
00:56
She didn't pass out due to the fall before or after, so she just lost her balance and fell backwards.
01:02
She wanted to refuse.
01:03
That's okay by you.
01:06
Could you say that she did pass out or she did not pass out?
01:11
Negative. She did not.
01:14
Okay, and how old is the patient?
01:18
87, 87.
01:21
And does she live alone?
01:25
Yeah, she lives alone.
01:27
Yeah,
01:29
so it sounds like she's alert-oriented and has capacity to refuse, is that correct?
01:35
That's correct, yeah.
01:38
Okay. I would advise her, you know, that I cannot rule out that she could have any type of intracranial hemorrhage.
01:46
I can't tell her just because she feels well now that she couldn't have a bleed that could potentially be expanding or expand overnight.
01:54
If she's alert-oriented and has capacity to refuse, that's her right.
01:57
However, tell her that, you know, I would advise that she be evaluated if she still doesn't want to come in, that's her choice.
02:02
And I would tell her if she does develop any symptoms, like an increasing headache or anything, that she really...
02:07
to be seen.
02:10
Copy that, we'll do, Doc, we'll buy you.
02:13
Okay, thank you.
02:16
Copy, thank you, sir.
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Location mentioned:
Dogwood Dr, Philipsburg, PA 16866
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