Man suffers head injury with altered mental status, Carroll County MD


A 66-year-old man suffered a head injury from a fall on Sheridan Road near Sam's Creek Road. He has altered mental status, one pupil not reacting, and possible seizures. Emergency responders coordinated a landing zone at the Carnival Grounds for urgent medical transport.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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1919 19 are you on position for a 143 box Sheridan road near Sam's Creek
00:15
Yeah that's correct you can go ahead in terms
00:19
Yeah.
00:22
127 from Utility 12.
00:31
Medical alarm 143, ambulance 19,
00:36
engine 1411 alerted, injured person from a fall.
00:40
In the roadway, near Sheridan Road between Sam's Creek Road and Dead End, Alpha 3[2], 1342.
00:52
3 of Carol, add me to the Sheridan Road. I'll be in wrap.
00:56
And that's 103 direct, 1340.
00:59
I'm out of keeping.
01:08
Can we land there or is the car around?
01:13
14 engine 12 alerted set up a landing site for the injured person 4101 oh National Pike pleasant view nursing home alpha 3 1343 engine 141 1341 1340
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141 to share it in your road lieutenant 141 13141 1344 Lieutenant 141 1344
01:45
You can hold me clear.
01:47
We had a faulty detector in the apartment.
01:49
You can also hold me responding to Sheridan Drive.
01:54
Duty 14, 1345.
02:00
But now we do not have a unit on the scene from the LZ[1].
02:08
Chief One to Carol, I'll head to Carnival Grounds. I have about a similar ETA, about four minutes.
02:17
For three-care.
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Trooper 3 go.
02:27
A fire Trooper 3, copy.
02:32
We can't copy you. We're direct deploying the LZ[1] of the Carnival ground.
02:37
Just a ground contact or patient information, please.
02:42
Medicaid team for your patient and you'll have Chief Juan, he's going to have the same ETA to the common ground as you.
02:51
Number three, this is medicatee.
02:56
On board, I have a priority 1,
02:59
Alpha,
03:00
66-year-old male, following a head strike.
03:03
Sluglucus was 148, altered mental status. His left pupil is fixed, his right is reactive at 3 millimeters.
03:11
Final size are as follows 144, over 83, heart rate is 117,
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possible tonnecolic seizures.
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Groupers 3 Medic-18 patient info.
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Is Medic-18, do you copy?
03:37
That's right, go ahead.
03:39
I got a priority one 66-year-old male following a head strike.
03:45
At this time, ultra-mental status, left pupil is fixed, right pupil is reactive at 3 millimeters. I have a blood pressure of 144 over 83, a heart rate of 118 at this time.
03:57
Well, this is 148.
04:00
Voltonic clock.
04:04
Okay.
04:06
Okay.
04:11
3.
04:13
They had a patient with a head strike. One pupil is equal at 3 millimeters.
04:19
The other is non-reactive.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
LZ: Landing Zone (helicopter landing site)
[2]
Alpha 3: Assigned radio channel/talkgroup for operations
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