Elderly man suffers head injury in mechanical fall

Heard on: York PA HH ALS (Hospital) Group Calls

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Center Hospital, thank you.

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Seven hundred and ninety-one, and we're out to your facility with a five to 7 min ETA with a ninety-two year old male coming from Homewood.

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Patient had a mechanical fall, striking his head on his nightstand.

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Negative loss of consciousness.

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He did strike his head.

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He had a hematoma on the back of his head from a fall a month ago.

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He re-injured it today.

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Minimal bleeding, bleeding is controlled at this time.

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He is on a blood thinner.

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Patient's awake, alert, oriented.

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Times four, vital signs are as follows: ninety-eight percent on room air, ninety-six for heart rate.

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Last blood pressure was at one fifty-seven over seventy-two.

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Any questions?

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No questions.

9/6/2026 06:07 PM

Medical Emergency

Thistle Hill Dr, Spring Grove, PA 17362

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As discussed during the dispatch call, an EMS unit reported transporting a 92-year-old man from a care facility in Homewood to a hospital after a mechanical fall. He reportedly struck his head on a nightstand, re-injured a prior hematoma on the back of his head, and had minimal controlled bleeding while on a blood thinner. He was awake, alert, and oriented with stable vital signs during transport.