Elderly woman suffers head laceration after fall in Smithville

Heard on: Clay MO StLukes Hospital Group Calls

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1130, St. Luke's Hospital patient info.

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Copy that, close to DM.

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Good evening, we're coming to you with a (number withheld)-year-old female coming from a facility.

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Unwitnessed fall, GCS of 14, that is baseline.

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It's too hard to tell the laceration on the back of her head because her hair is so bloody and matted.

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It was an unwitnessed fall, last known normal, is going to be.

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They walked by staff.

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They walked by a room and found her on the floor after they heard someone yelling.

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Blood pressure is currently 100 and forty-eight over seventy-three.

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Heart rate is eighty-one.

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A fib on the monitor does have a history of that.

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SpO two has been ninety-five percent room air.

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If you don't have any questions or orders, we'll be at your facility here in about 8 min or so.

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Yes, it is.

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We did have to reapply a band.

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It had bled through once, and then we reapplied another one.

7/29/2026 07:04 PM

Medical Emergency

US-169, Smithville, MO 64089

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services respond to a possible unwitnessed fall involving a 96-year-old female from a care facility near Smithville. The patient has a bleeding head injury and atrial fibrillation on monitor. Transport to hospital is underway.