Elderly woman found after fall with stroke symptoms, Yreka CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, paramedics responded to an elderly woman found on a neighborhood sidewalk after a fall. She showed signs of confusion and possible stroke with tenderness on her head. Vital signs were stable but she received precautions for head injury and possible stroke.
Audio|Heard on: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and South
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Transcript:
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Medical class trauma.
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Facility was a code to level 3 ALS[1] medical class trauma on board. I have an approximately 80-year-old female with a chief complaint of aphasia and fall, possible stroke. She was found on the sidewalk in her neighborhood by a stranger. She's alert and oriented times three to four with inconsistent stories. Glasgow Coma Scale 14 along with some aphasia, no deficits on either side. She will grip strength.
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Hypertensive, 170 over 80.
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Formalinas at 80, saturation at 99% on room air with a vital sign of 125.
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There's tenderness to the back of her head, C-collar precautions.
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We are ALS[1] for fall and also mental doubt as possible stroke.
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She reports she does not take any blood thinners, it's all great for any questions.
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ALS: Advanced Life Support (medical response level)
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S Main St, Yreka, CA 96097
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