Patient with acute back pain falls at medical office, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyA 67-year-old man experiencing acute back pain after a fall during a medical appointment was treated by ambulance and is alert and stable, en route to St. Joseph Hospital.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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Thank you. Hey Michaela, it's Lou on City 4 with a co2 level 1 trauma.
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I have a 67-year-old male patient who was at his primary care appointment this morning.
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He's been having some chronic back pain issues.
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I was seen at your facility and was advised that he needs like a bone density scan.
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And he was doing follow-up care.
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While he was there, he suffered like an acute back pain and then kind of fell back into the couch.
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Only little abrasion on his left wrist.
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However, no head trauma, no actual like big fall.
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He's alert-oriented.
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Heart rate is 93, pressure is 153 over 81, is ANO times 4.
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We're BLS, we have the ETATU of about three minutes.
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Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA 95501
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