71-year-old man airlifted for new acute brain bleed after head injury
Medical EmergencyA 71-year-old man who previously had a brain bleed fell again and hit his head. He developed a new brain bleed and was airlifted to a hospital for treatment. He has mild headache and bruising near his eye but no major neurological problems now.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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00:00UVUVMETCOM, AirCare 5, Midnight, Carter.00:1313 minutes from rooftop trauma transfer for Brockingham Memorial to you guys.00:22Checking the status of the pad, inbound traffic and wait for a third tier.00:32AirCare 5, it's going to be east pad, east helipad for your arrival.00:35No car, inbound traffic note at this time, free to land at your pound's discretion.00:39Stand by on this frequency for a third year.00:44Five,00:49this is UVAED.00:51You can give report.00:55That's AirCare 5.00:56We're probably about 11 minutes from rooftop, probably about 14, 15 minutes from...00:59Trauma Bay, where you're a 71-year-old male.01:03Interesting case, a gentleman, he's 71 years old.01:06He fell actually on June the 9th and gave itself a pretty large subdural hematoma at that time, was flown by us actually to you guys.01:14Got discharged from medically managing of his subdural.01:18Over the last couple of weeks, he's been sort of stumbling and having some issues with balance.01:23and then today he was trying to climb up some steps and got to the top step and tripped out forward he did not fall into steps but struck his head on the baseboard was no loss of consciousness but was confused after the impact he was taken to Rockingham Memorial where they found that he has a new sub a new acute subdural hematoma that is on top of the old subdural hematola it's in bilateral on both sides he's also got a small eight millimeter left to right shift at this time he is awaken oriented to name and place he is a gc
00:00
UVUVMETCOM, AirCare 5, Midnight, Carter.
00:13
13 minutes from rooftop trauma transfer for Brockingham Memorial to you guys.
00:22
Checking the status of the pad, inbound traffic and wait for a third tier.
00:32
AirCare 5, it's going to be east pad, east helipad for your arrival.
00:35
No car, inbound traffic note at this time, free to land at your pound's discretion.
00:39
Stand by on this frequency for a third year.
00:44
Five,
00:49
this is UVAED.
00:51
You can give report.
00:55
That's AirCare 5.
00:56
We're probably about 11 minutes from rooftop, probably about 14, 15 minutes from...
00:59
Trauma Bay, where you're a 71-year-old male.
01:03
Interesting case, a gentleman, he's 71 years old.
01:06
He fell actually on June the 9th and gave itself a pretty large subdural hematoma at that time, was flown by us actually to you guys.
01:14
Got discharged from medically managing of his subdural.
01:18
Over the last couple of weeks, he's been sort of stumbling and having some issues with balance.
01:23
and then today he was trying to climb up some steps and got to the top step and tripped out forward he did not fall into steps but struck his head on the baseboard was no loss of consciousness but was confused after the impact he was taken to Rockingham Memorial where they found that he has a new sub a new acute subdural hematoma that is on top of the old subdural hematola it's in bilateral on both sides he's also got a small eight millimeter left to right shift at this time he is awaken oriented to name and place he is a gc
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Charlottesville, VA
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