Elderly man injured in fall taken to hospital, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded to an elderly man who fell and suffered a head injury near West 14th Street in Wilmington. The man appeared mildly intoxicated and was evaluated for his ability to refuse care. He was transported to Wilmington Hospital for further evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:6
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, this is P-25, call my first 79-year-old male for the refusal.
00:06
Go ahead.
00:08
The patient had a witnessed fall attended by EMS.
00:13
Is there a history of alcohol use tonight?
00:18
And that history is confirmed.
00:22
One fall resulted in a head injury.
00:24
The patient has some pain.
00:27
I want to go to the hospital.
00:30
The patient has a blood pressure of 178 over 70.
00:34
Pulse of 101 and a heart rate of 102.
00:41
The patient can answer all questions and shows no deficits from a previous stroke.
00:53
Patient states he just fell from a chair.
00:55
Do you have any more questions?
01:01
Probably understanding you, would you be able to say what was the chief complaint we were called out for?
01:07
We were called over by another EMS unit for a separate fall reported by the person's friend who had also been drinking.
01:21
You appear intoxicated.
01:24
Can you go again?
01:27
What are you doing?
01:30
The original 911 call was from a person's friend at the same address who had been drinking with him, reporting a fall with a head laceration.
01:39
The first EMS unit called us over to take this patient.
01:46
The question was whether the patient appears intoxicated.
01:51
Patient appears mildly intoxicated.
01:56
If the patient is intoxicated, then I can't respect his refusal rights and we must transfer him to the emergency department as he cannot make his own decision.
02:06
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801
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