Elderly hospice patient transported after fall and leg pain, Harbor Springs MI
Medical EmergencyAn 88-year-old female hospice patient at Pineview Cottage in Harbor Springs fell last night and complained of right leg pain. She has dementia and is stable but requires medical evaluation and transport for further care.
Audio|Source: Emmet County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Okay, we're going to be a route today with an 88-year-old female patient.
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She's from Pineview Cottage over here in Harbor Springs.
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It sounds like, oh, let me go back a little bit.
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Her birthday is 615 of 37, again, 88-year-old female.
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Sounds like the patient fell last night.
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She is on hospice.
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Family is requesting that she is being transported for an evaluation.
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Sounds like she fell last night.
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She stood up on her own.
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She kind of toppled over.
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The patient does have some dementia.
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She is kind of intermittent.
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Complain of some right leg pain according to the staff.
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The patient does intermittently complain of that leg pain.
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Didn't really feel much with palpation.
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The patient did feel that there was a little bit of pain with palpation.
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Again, the patient is pink, warm, dry, no life threat.
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She got a nice strong radial pulse.
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Her O2 sats are 99% room air.
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Last BP was 163 over 76.
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And again, she is a hospice patient.
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Family just... We've got to actually come in, I believe, prospectry is an evaluation.
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We're about eight minutes out.
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I don't want anything else? That's negative.
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See in two minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near Harbor-Petoskey Rd, Harbor Springs, MI 49740
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