Elderly woman with fall injuries including rib fractures, Charlotte NC
Medical EmergencyMedical teams respond to an elderly woman with serious head and back injuries after a fall. She has abnormal chest movement and likely multiple rib fractures. The patient also has high blood pressure and is being prepared for transport.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Your patients would be a 90-90-year-old female.
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She complains to be a fall in the head and back injury.
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The paradoxical post-terilateral chest wall movement on inspiration and expiration.
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Approximately four ribs, patients can increase pain well thing on their back.
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They're in a sea collar, but it's been more comfortable when we lay them on their left side and we found them.
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Patient is, current heart rate was 64, 64, most recent blood pressure was 212 over 80, with 97% on air.
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Location mentioned:
Near Sharon Hills Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
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