77-year-old man falls and hits head, refuses evaluation


Medics respond to a 77-year-old man who fell and hit his head. He briefly lost consciousness but is now awake and refuses more tests. The medics have equipment problems and need help to perform a heart test.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
00:0025-15.00:05Not at 65 to probably 25.00:08Okay.00:12We're in 14's area.00:14What do you guys have for us?00:17Hey, this is basically just a protocol issue.00:19We're having a monitor failure.00:21We're currently out with this 77-year-old male who experienced the near-sinkable episode fall with injury to the head.00:25He's wanting to refuse bottle signs.00:27They're all normal, but in order to get that...00:29We can't get the 12 lead to clear him for us.00:33So that's all we need, really.00:35We just need the 12 lead.00:3710-4 will be there in about 5 to 10 minutes.00:43Okay, thank you.
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25-15.
00:05
Not at 65 to probably 25.
00:08
Okay.
00:12
We're in 14's area.
00:14
What do you guys have for us?
00:17
Hey, this is basically just a protocol issue.
00:19
We're having a monitor failure.
00:21
We're currently out with this 77-year-old male who experienced the near-sinkable episode fall with injury to the head.
00:25
He's wanting to refuse bottle signs.
00:27
They're all normal, but in order to get that...
00:29
We can't get the 12 lead to clear him for us.
00:33
So that's all we need, really.
00:35
We just need the 12 lead.
00:37
10-4 will be there in about 5 to 10 minutes.
00:43
Okay, thank you.
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