Man with dementia falls and may be unresponsive, Charleston SC
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders assist a man with dementia who fell near Honeysuckle Ln. He may be unresponsive and complains of right hip pain. Communication is limited, and his current condition is uncertain.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Police, Fire, EMS/Rescue, Marine SAR
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Transcript:
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So (name withheld) fell while trying to get active to his wheelchair.
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That's all was unwitness, so there's no idea if there's loss of consciousness or headstrike, so we do have a MC caller at this time.
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Wife said he was about, he was about down for a couple of hours.
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She said that he was complaining of right-hit pain and that he's at his baseline, but we're not, we haven't been able to communicate with him since we got him in the back of the truck.
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Lakers vitals are as follows, 85 heart rate, PPs.
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114 over 74, he's 94 in room air, and we got BGL 105.
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Any questions to orders?
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What do you mean you're not able to communicate with him, but being in the truck? Were you communicating with him in the house? Uh,
00:42
the patient has Lewis's body, dementia,
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so he's usually not really aware of what's going on around him, and when we got him in the back of the truck, he just kind of closed his eye and went to sleep and won't respond to our questions.
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Location mentioned:
Near Honeysuckle Ln, Charleston, SC 29412
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