Elderly woman found altered after possible fall, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an elderly woman was found on her knees in her room with altered mental status. There were no visible injuries or complaints of pain. She has a history of Parkinson's and dementia. EMS evaluated her and cleared her for transport to the hospital.
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Transcript:
00:00
Sharp, Medic 26.
00:02
Mild status, medical,
00:04
possible trauma, seeking a little bit of base guidance here.
00:07
I believe you said, New Medic 256, this is Sharp at 1620.
00:13
Copy that. Medic 26, agency number (number withheld), run number (number withheld).
00:21
I have a 78-8-year-old female, approximately 60 kilos.
00:25
This patient with numerous EMS calls and transports in the last two weeks,
00:30
sort of a failure to thrive potentially.
00:33
Unknown if fell.
00:35
She was found on her knees in her room, no signs of trauma, no neck or back pain.
00:40
She is altered.
00:41
She does have a history of false level of consciousness.
00:45
We put her in a collar just to be sure we couldn't rule out the trauma or the fall, but we see no outward signs of trauma, and she's not on thinners.
00:53
Basically, the story goes that they found her on her knees down in kind of a weird position in her back bedroom, unknown downtime.
01:02
She wasn't answering questions appropriately.
01:05
We arrived on to you, ran her up through on the monitor.
01:07
76 sinus rhythm on the cardiac monitor, 135 over 75, 17 on the reps, 98% on room air.
01:13
She's a fever out 98.7.
01:15
Sugar of 112, 112 on the sugar.
01:18
At this time she is A&O times 2.
01:22
Does have a history of Parkinson's and has had recent episodes of dementia exacerbation, husband would like to seek a social work referral?
01:34
At this time, she's stable across the top.
01:36
We just want to make sure we're completely clear to go to Pomerado because we can't rule out trauma or even though we don't see any signs of it, maybe we're overthinking it, but we just wanted to ask you.
01:45
I'll copy.
01:48
So sorry.
01:50
Medic 26, no this understandable.
01:52
Is she complaining of any head, neck, or back pain at this time?
01:57
Negative, no ma'am, not at this time.
01:59
No, no outward sign of trauma, no complaints of neck or back pain is just altered.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA 92064
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