Elderly woman falls with scalp injury at nursing home, Forest City NC
Medical EmergencyA 74-year-old woman at a nursing home fell and suffered a scalp hematoma with moderate bleeding. She was transported to Rutherford Regional Medical Center for treatment. The patient had some normal cognitive speech issues and was given oxygen support during transport.
Audio|Source: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Medic 11. Respond to Breathing Problems Deltre Response.
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At 8.30, Bethany Church Road.
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Medic 11. Respond to breathing problems stale to response.
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At 8.30, Bethany Church Road.
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In 4F City.
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Tera Haven of Forest City.
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Cross streets are Countryside Drive and Oakland Road.
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811, 10 are out.
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29, December.
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22, 24, Medical 11, too.
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Democratic 40 on info.
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Medical Central?
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Yeah.
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Come on, Dean.
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Table.
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Medic 30, the Rutherford Regional patient notification.
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Redford, go ahead.
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G335 and I'll be 1024, you would change us to a 1054, yeah.
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G3355, 1054.
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Good morning, Rutherford.
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This is Medic 30 en route to your location with a 10-minute ETA[1], 10 minutes, with a 74-year-old female patient coming from a nursing home called out reference fall.
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Patient had a witness fall, 10 minutes prior to our arrival, had the hematoma with some bleeding to the midline sensor of the back of the scalp.
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No one controlled bleeding at this time.
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Approximately 100 millimeters of blood loss, patient has a GCS of 15.
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It does have some cognitive speech issues, but that is normal for her history.
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Otherwise, CTS is 15.
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Life blood pressure is 142 over 108.
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Heart rate is currently about 90 to 110.
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She is showing ASIF on the monitor, has history of the same.
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We've got her up to 92% on 10 liters by non-re breather.
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She normally uses oxygen, but not that much.
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Pain is rated 5 out of 10.
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No interventions at this time.
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Again, ETA[1] is about 9 minutes.
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ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
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