Elderly woman falls twice at nursing facility, Oceanside CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly woman at a nursing facility fell twice, with the second fall unwitnessed and resulting in unknown loss of consciousness. She reported mild left hip pain but no other injuries. Vital signs were stable, and she was transported to Tri-City Medical Center for evaluation.
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02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Tri-City Medical Center, R-A216.
00:03
Tri-City Medical Center, tones went off.
00:07
129-422.
00:10
Looking for on grade to BLS-211.
00:13
They're going to come into your guys' facility.
00:16
They got about a 15-minute ETA.
00:18
It's going for a 91-year-old female weighing approximately 120 pounds.
00:22
to a nursing facility finder patient.
00:25
Let me see plan on the ground.
00:26
It sounds like this is the patient's second fall of the day.
00:30
As far as the first fall,
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there's no issues there.
00:35
We get the patient back up.
00:37
And the patient did fall again.
00:38
That second fall was unwitness,
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unknown LOC.
00:42
She does not take any blood thinners.
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She has no head neck or back pain.
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We're not seeing any outward signs of trauma at this time.
00:51
just left hip pain.
00:53
We did palpate the hip.
00:55
There was no extra grimacing upon palpation.
00:58
We're not seeing any shorting or rotation to that extremity.
01:09
We have a heart rate of 78 fib.
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She does have a history evasive.
01:14
140 over 70 and see we got a temperature of 98.0 to panic.
01:21
Again patient has a history of dementia, hypertension, asphib,
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no drug allergies,
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takes Lasix, Lucerne, and Omeprosol.
01:32
Sounds like patient was on bloodthine medications but has stopped taking her blood pressure medications for an unknown reason.
01:42
I'm not,
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doesn't know why she's not taking it, but she's no longer on blood-thin medications.
01:50
And with all that, we do have the patient length to find with it.
01:54
We're not anticipating any further treatment at this time.
01:57
Again, we're going to be looking for that PCCM to downgrade to BLS-211, coming to your facility with about a 15-minute ETA.
02:05
How do you copy? And is there anything else I'll take it for you?
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16, thank you for the very thorough, clear story and report.
02:14
I copy on your PCCM to BLS-211 for transport to this facility.
02:19
You do also have a BHO base hospital order for an age greater than 55 fall to transport to basic emergency facility, Tri-City Medical Center.
02:29
You all stay safe out there today, we can clear the call.
02:33
I copy that.
02:34
Thank you, Tri-City Medical Center, and you guys have a great rest of your day.
02:38
Thank you, 13.
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Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92056
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