Elderly man treated after fall and low blood pressure, Cambridge MA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded to an elderly man near Mt Auburn St who experienced a mechanical fall at home and low blood pressure. The patient, alert and oriented, had a skin tear on his left elbow but no head injury. His blood pressure improved after treatment, and he was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Good morning, Mount Auburn Medical One.
00:02
We're inbound with an eighty-three year old male, alert and oriented, coming from home.
00:06
Patient reports a short while ago he was getting out of bed, suffered a mechanical trip and fall, denies any head strike.
00:15
On Eliquis, the only visible trauma we know is just a skin tear to the left elbow.
00:20
However, we did find him pretty profoundly hypotensive while in a seated position.
00:25
Initial pressure was in the sixties systolic.
00:29
We've since laid him flat.
00:31
We're giving him a fluid bolus.
00:32
Pressure's trending upward.
00:34
Last repeat was 114 over fifty-seven.
00:40
He's got a sinus brady on the monitor in the fifties.
00:43
Twelve leads.
00:44
Shows again a sinus brady with the left bundle.
00:48
It does have some depressions in V3 and V4, but no elevation.
00:57
Currently without complaint, sugar was 138.
01:01
We'll be there in about four or five minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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