Elderly man falls and injures head at hospital, Durham NC
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an 83-year-old man fell while standing near Orange County Medical One and sustained head and eye injuries. He was bleeding above his eyebrow and below his eye. He is on blood thinners and medical responders are assessing his condition.
Audio|Heard on: Johnston NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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TKR, DKR, DKR, Orange County Medical One, based notification notification.
00:02
This is Orange County Medical One, we're about five minutes outreaching traffic with an 83-year-old male who would have fallen from standing today and he hit his head.
00:12
He is on blood thinners.
00:15
He was bleeding from a laceration above his eyebrow, one below his eye, and he does seem to have an injury to his eye, but he won't get close enough to actually assess his eyes.
00:28
All right, sitting at 109, setting 97 on room error.
00:30
Last BP was 113 over 64, when we're sitting at 94 over 50.
00:35
His sugar was 115,
00:38
and he's gotten 18 his left, if he will be at filling 5 or finding him further.
00:43
Do you repeat your traffic, EMS?
00:46
That's our number five minutes hour routine traffic with an 83, eight three-year-old male complaint who had a fall from standing today.
00:52
He did hit his head.
00:54
He is on blood thinner.
00:56
He packed above his right eyebrow, below his right eye, and he also appears to have an injury to his right eye.
01:03
It appears that there's blood pooling in the eyelid.
01:06
But he won't let us get close enough to assess it.
01:09
He's got an 18 in his left AC, Harvard sitting at 103, setting 97 on room air.
01:13
Last D.C. was 113, over 60.
01:14
64 and a sugar sitting at 115, 6,000, 2.20 further.
01:18
Trio's nuclear.
01:20
Stop me. Thanks.
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Location mentioned:
Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
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