Elderly woman injured in fall at home, Fort Worth TX
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, medics responded to a medical emergency near Pennsylvania Ave in Fort Worth involving a 78-year-old woman who fell at home. She sustained a head hematoma and possible hip injury. The patient was alert, had stable vital signs, and was not taking blood thinners. Medics placed a cervical collar and transported her for evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Tarrant TX Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Alarm, Medics 74, Friday 3.
00:02
This is Harris.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:05
She was beginning a (name withheld), a female, coming from home.
00:07
She's going to be a fall as possible.
00:10
She reports she's not sure how she got to the ground, but remembers the fall.
00:14
She has no blood thinners on board.
00:16
She said she tripped accidentally, mechanical in nature.
00:19
It took about 150 of ethanol to get her from the left side of her body she was on to her back.
00:26
There was notable shifting of the femoral head.
00:31
No crepitus felt.
00:33
Possible dislocation, we do have shortening on the right side.
00:37
The health is intact.
00:38
No fractures, no different crepitus felt.
00:40
Shortening on that right side, holds belt, and able to move that extremity.
00:44
The trial is 30.
00:45
Heart rate is 80, blood pressure is 136 over 75.
00:48
Respiratory rate is in the 30s, breathing on her own, 97% room air.
00:54
She has a hematoma to the right side of her head.
00:58
She does have a C-collar in place.
01:00
She was placed onto our stretcher, and we will see you all in approximately five minutes, any questions?
01:05
Hey, I missed this.
01:06
Can you give me age again, and if the patient's on blood thinners?
01:11
78, no blood thinners, GCS is 15.
01:13
No further questions.
01:14
We'll see you on arrival.
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Location mentioned:
Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
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