71-year-old male transported for hip and back pain, Beckley WV
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical services transported a 71-year-old male to Raleigh General Hospital for right hip and lower back pain following a fall a few weeks earlier. The patient has a history of degenerative bone disease and was advised to seek emergency care for x-rays and evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Public Safety
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01:47
Transcript:
00:00
Who's the provider?
00:03
EMT Cox, cert number (number withheld).
00:11
Patient AT.
00:14
Raleigh General Hospital, probably three minutes.
00:20
All right, that's patient from home.
00:23
Not affirmative.
00:25
All right, age and sex.
00:28
71-year-old male.
00:33
Chief complaints?
00:36
Right hip pain and lower back pain due to a fall that happened a couple weeks ago.
00:44
They've been this way before today.
00:48
Affirmative patient has been diagnosed with degenerative bone disease in the back.
00:58
Okay, has a face card been available for the fall that you're calling in for c-spine?
01:06
He has spoken with his physician.
01:09
I don't think he's been anywhere to see them.
01:11
That's why they're advising him to go to the ER.
01:14
They want x-rays and so forth then.
01:18
Okay, all the own blood centers.
01:22
Negative. Negative.
01:24
Okay, any shortening rotation, obvious injuries.
01:30
Negative.
01:32
And what's your blood pressure?
01:35
BP's 111 over 71, heart rate 78, O2 95, respirations are 16 and normal.
01:44
Was this a standing fall or how did they fall?
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Beckley, WV 25801
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