Elderly man taken to hospital after fall at home, Cedar Rapids IA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a medical emergency involving a seventy-year-old man who became confused after a fall the previous night, with possible alcohol involvement. He was assessed with stable vital signs and transported to Mercy Cedar Rapids Hospital for evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Linn IA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:43
Transcript:
00:00
Mercy Cedar Rapids, this is Medic 5 with a patient care report.
00:04
Eighty-five, one zero nine, go ahead.
00:08
We are coming to your facility with a seventy-year-old male patient.
00:12
He's currently confused.
00:16
He had a fall last night.
00:21
Alcohol on board.
00:28
Currently, he has no complaints.
00:30
No pain at all.
00:33
His latest vitals were a pulse of sixty-four,
00:36
respiration 16, blood pressure 108 over seventy-six,
00:40
oxygen saturation ninety-five.
00:44
On room air.
00:46
He has a blood glucose level of 100 and a GCS of 14.
00:53
Questions?
00:59
Yeah, you're breaking up a little.
01:01
Okay, what was that blood glucose? And is this patient on any blood thinners?
01:07
This patient is not on any blood thinners and glucose was 100.
01:13
We don't have GCS.
01:16
Can you repeat that last thing?
01:19
Do you know his GCS baseline and ETA?
01:25
Estimated time about six minutes.
01:28
And GCS baseline of 15.
01:34
Any concerns for a stroke?
01:36
We'll go to room 19.
01:39
Negative, no concerns with stroke.
01:42
10-4 in 19.
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Location mentioned:
10th St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
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