Elderly woman treated for head injury after fall, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services treated a 90-year-old woman at a memory care facility after she fell and suffered a minor head cut by her right eyebrow. She was alert, had no loss of consciousness, and was taken to Pomerado Medical Center for further care.
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Transcript:
00:00
got a mild traumatic injury.
00:01
Looking to go over to PMC, Poway, or Pomerado.
00:05
I don't have a CAD number for you.
00:07
We're about 10 to 15 minutes out.
00:09
They're able to receive and you're cleared a copy.
00:14
Yeah,
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you can go ahead. All right, so the 90, that's 90-year-old female.
00:18
Chief Complaint today is going to be a laceration to her right eyebrow post-mechanical fall.
00:23
So our patient who was in a memory care facility, her baseline is A&O times one to two.
00:30
She said she got up out of bed.
00:31
She was walking towards the front door.
00:33
She tripped over her feet, went down to the carpet floor, struck her head.
00:38
She's denying any loss of consciousness.
00:41
She's not on any body. left in her, she was able to get up, walk out to the main hall.
00:45
There, they saw that she had a very small laceration to her right eyebrow, we're concerned, called 911.
00:51
So we arrived on scene, we found our patient A&O times two person and event only.
00:56
She's able to move all extremities times four.
00:58
She's denying any neck or back discomfort.
01:02
She's got about a one-inch laceration to her right eyebrow.
01:06
Bleeding was controlled prior to our arrival with a little hematone.
01:10
trauma as well.
01:11
Other than that, she's not going to loss of consciousness, no blood thinners,
01:15
moves all extremities times four, put her on the monitor.
01:17
She's a normal sinus rate of 66, no activity elevation or repression, O2 sets, 98% room air, lunges are cleared bilaterally, respiratory rate of 18.
01:26
Blood sugar is going to be 101, a blood pressure of 135 over 70.
01:31
As far as treatment goes, we just have her in a C-collar,
01:34
just for protocol,
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and it's just a nice easy transport over to PMC.
01:38
with about a 15-minute ETA.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA
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