Elderly man falls and hits head near Eskenazi Ave, Indianapolis IN
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, eMS responded to a call for an 82-year-old man who fell and hit the back of his head near Eskenazi Avenue. He may be on blood thinners, which raises concern for brain bleeding. He was stable with good vital signs and alert. Medical staff recommended evaluation at the hospital. He preferred to be transported to the VA hospital, and arrangements were being made.
Audio|Heard on: Marion IN Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Clear. We're on scene with an 82-year-old male.
00:02
He sustained a fall.
00:04
He fell and hit the back of his head.
00:07
He does have A-fib.
00:09
He's uncertain if he's on blood thinners, but with the history, we are assuming he is.
00:13
Vitals are good.
00:14
60 on the heart rate, 164, over 90 on the blood pressure, 97%.
00:19
He's not wanting to go today.
00:21
He did not sustain any loss of consciousness.
00:23
He's alert and oriented.
00:26
Do you have any words of wood for him?
00:30
Does patient have capacity on your guys' exam?
00:34
Affirmative.
00:35
He's alert and oriented times four in GCS 15.
00:40
Hey sir, this is Dr. Stoge here at Eskenazi, the emergency department.
00:44
Sounds like the medics over there are pretty worried about you.
00:46
Every time you have a fall and hit your head,
00:49
especially with you potentially being on blood thinners, we're always concerned about bleeding in the brain and those are things that we don't want to miss.
00:56
So we'd recommend you come into the emergency department to get evaluated here today.
01:02
Fish is wanting to go to the VA.
01:04
We have not contacted them yet.
01:09
If he's wanting to go there, I think that's reasonable.
01:12
If you guys could reach out to them, that would be helpful.
01:17
Clear, are you able to spell your last name for us?
01:22
Yeah, it's S-O-O-C-H.
01:27
There, thank you. We'll continue further with the VA.
01:31
Thank you. Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Eskenazi Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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