Elderly woman injured in fall near Pomerado Rd, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a medical call near Pomerado Rd in Poway involving an elderly woman who had a mechanical fall while dressing, striking her head on furniture. She sustained a mild head contusion and a right forearm laceration with controlled bleeding. The patient remained conscious and stable and was transported to Palomar Hospital for further evaluation.
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Transcript:
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Palomar Medical Center Poway, formerly Pomerado Hospital.
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With a 94-year-old female with a chief complaint of a fall, hit her head.
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We have an ETA about 15 minutes.
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Patient's story goes she was putting on her nightgown when she had a mechanical fall and hit her head on her nightstand.
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Patient does have a mild contusion in the back of her head as well as sprayed.
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and a laceration on the right forearm with controlled bleeding.
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Patient states she did not lose consciousness and reports minimal bleeding.
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Scrape was treated with gauze and bandages, and patient is on a C collar as a precaution.
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Patient's vitals are as follows.
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She is alert and oriented times four.
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She is bradycardic with a pulse of fifty-two.
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Blood pressure is 135 over 80.
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She is maintaining oxygen saturation at ninety-eight percent.
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Patient moves all extremities and EMS provided assistance.
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We have about a ten-minute ETA to Palomar.
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Let me know if you need anything else.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA 92064
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