Minor lip injury from blood pressure cuff during transport, Pinellas Park FL


During patient transport near 66th St N, a blood pressure cuff's metal tip struck the patient's lip, causing minor bleeding without complaints.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
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Transcript:
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I'm aware that this is a minor injury, despite what the protocol says, ALR, wanted me to do a consult anyways.
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While we were moving our stroke alerts to the stretcher and moving the monitor along with her,
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the metal connection on the blood pressure tubing hit her in the lip.
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This caused some minor bleeding.
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She was not complaining of anything along with it, just minor bleeding on her lip from where it rubbed.
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