Man injured after eight foot ladder fall, Fort Myers FL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 71-year-old man was injured after falling approximately eight feet from a ladder. He had a head laceration, possible clavicle fracture, and altered mental status. He was transported to Gulf Coast Medical Center for treatment.
Audio|Heard on: Lee FL Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Gulf Coast Medical Center, this is Medic Fourteen Trauma Alert.
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This is E Five One.
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Gulf Coast, we are en route to you with this approximately seventy-one year old male patient.
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Fell off an eight-foot ladder, unknown height of fall.
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Patient will have new onset altered mental status and repetitive questioning.
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Patient also has about a three-inch laceration to the back of his head,
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among other injuries throughout.
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Possible left clavicle fracture.
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Patient is alert at this time.
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Heart rate eighty-one.
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Blood pressure is one hundred and twenty-seven over seventy-three.
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And tidal thirty-two, SpO two to ninety-seven on room air.
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We are about seven from your facility.
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Do you require anything further?
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Location mentioned:
Doctors Way, Fort Myers, FL 33912
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