Fall injury at nursing facility in Poway, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a nursing facility near Pomerado Road in Poway for an elderly male who reportedly sustained mild trauma after a possible fall. Staff were concerned due to the patient’s use of blood-thinning medication and unusual behavior. The patient was stable but rerouted to a trauma center for further evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Pomerado, this is Premier BLS Unit 133 with a mild trauma.
00:07
Are you open and ready to receive?
00:11
Can you clarify mild trauma for me?
00:14
Yes, and then let me know when you're ready for the report.
00:20
Go ahead.
00:22
Eighty-six-year-old male patient picked up from the nursing facility.
00:28
He appears to have fallen about an hour ago.
00:32
The nurses were concerned because he was on medication that could cause internal bleeding, and he had been showing abnormal combative behavior.
00:41
His vital signs right now are clear.
00:43
His hands are a bit cold.
00:46
If he is on a blood thinner when he fell, he needs to go to a trauma center.
00:51
Yes.
00:57
He is on thinners.
00:58
Would you like us to reroute to a trauma center?
01:02
He had an unwitnessed fall and we don't know if he hit his head.
01:04
We need to go to a trauma center.
01:08
Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA 92064
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