Elderly man transported after fall with spinal injury, Las Vegas NV
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported an 81-year-old man from a local hospital to Sunrise Hospital after a ground-level fall that caused spinal fractures. The patient was stable during transport and received pain medication and oxygen en route.
Audio|Heard on: Clark NV Hospital Group Calls
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01:17
Transcript:
00:00
Sunrise, we are en route aboard AMR ambulance approximately 10 minutes out with patient (name withheld) coming from (hospital withheld).
00:13
Are you aware of this patient?
00:15
I am not, proceed with the report.
00:20
Eighty-one-year-old male with ground level fall.
00:23
Currently in a C-C collar,
00:25
CT scan shows D6-C-7 spinal fractures.
00:30
Stable en route, last vital signs 185 over 66, pulse of 70, paced.
00:36
15 respirations, 97% on 2 liters of oxygen.
00:40
We've given 4 milligrams of morphine, 100 micrograms of fentanyl, and half a milligram of Ativan en route.
00:46
Do you have any other questions?
00:49
To be clear, he has a C6 fracture correct from a ground level fall?
00:55
Correct.
00:57
Spinal fracture from ground level fall.
01:00
Aces DPS, all right, thank you.
01:03
Can you repeat, please?
01:06
Patient current D.C.O.
01:10
15.
01:12
I copy. We’ll see trauma upon arrival.
01:16
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89109
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