Patient with heart device falls and hits head, Winston Salem NC
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders are assisting a patient who fell and hit their head near Old Vineyard Rd. The patient has a left ventricular assist device and a non-reactive left pupil, indicating a serious medical condition. They are being transported to Baptist Hospital.
Audio|Source: Forsyth County Fire
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Transcript:
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Next, 2-2. We currently have our patient with us. We're chemists away from Baptist, which is where they want to go, but they do have an L-VAD.
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Do you want us to just take them straight to Baptist, or do you want to intercept?
00:15
What was the chief complaint? What was to call that for?
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The chief complaint was for a fall, but the patient had told us that any time they fall and hit their head, they have to go out to the hospitals due to the LVAD, and when we check their pupils, their left pupil was non-reactive to the light.
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Near Old Vineyard Rd.
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Can you repeat that? I'm sorry I didn't catch that.
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Am I? Am I?
00:59
2822. Your patient's loaded, correct?
01:04
Correct.
01:05
They are currently in the back of our truck right now where of gaining vitals.
01:10
These are not going to go ahead and transport.
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Sent boy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Old Vineyard Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
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