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77-year-old diabetic falls and hits head at hospital, Wheeling WV

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Medical Park Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003

According to the dispatch call, a 77-year-old male diabetic patient fell and hit his head, sustaining abrasions on his knees. His initial blood sugar was low but improved. He is on the blood thinner Eliquis. Vitals were stable, and he was transported to Wheeling Hospital.

Audio|Heard on: Brooke WV Hospital Group Calls
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02:13
Transcript:
00:00
Medcom, we have a patient, male seventy-seven, diabetic.
00:06
Fell,
00:08
struck head abrasions to knees.
00:13
Initial glucose is sixty-nine.
00:21
Official BP is 110 over 60, pulse 88, respirations 18, O2 99.
00:34
We're seeking to go to Wheeling Hospital.
00:37
Okay, can you give me Glasgow Comascale?
00:45
GCS 15.
00:49
Okay, you said he struck his head.
00:51
Did he fall from a standing position? And what kind of surface did he land on? And is he on any thinners?
00:58
Oh, from a portable toilet hit head on a carpeted floor.
01:03
Any loss of consciousness?
01:07
No.
01:09
Is he on any thinners?
01:13
He's on Eliquis.
01:16
Okay, is he a diabetic?
01:21
Yes, his glucose was sixty-nine and now it's at eighty-eight.
01:28
Okay, did you all administer anything or did it just?
01:33
No, we haven't administered anything.
01:37
Okay, what's your ETA, Wheeling?
01:42
Mine is (number withheld).
01:48
12-minute ETA.
01:51
Okay, what's your truck number?
01:55
Ohio County 25.
01:59
Okay, good report.
02:01
Your medcoms (number withheld).
02:05
Can you repeat that please?
02:09
No worries.
02:10
Two (number withheld).

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Medical Park Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003

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