Medical emergency at MetroHealth involving elderly man, Cleveland OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly man on blood thinner medication appears to have swelling and abrasions, possibly from a fall between Friday and the current day. He was found seated and transported to MetroHealth Emergency Room. Vital signs are stable, and he has a history of strokes that affect memory.
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Cleveland Medic 20 to MetroHealth Trauma.
00:04
Medic 20, go ahead.
00:06
So I've got a questionable one here.
00:08
Possible trauma, seventy-one year old male on Plavix.
00:13
Possibly fell, we're not sure.
00:16
He's got some swelling and pains with left wrist.
00:19
He's got an abrasion to his left ankle and his right knee.
00:24
He's got some swelling and some pain.
00:28
Last time he was seen, he didn't have any of this swelling.
00:33
except for it's the right knee.
00:36
Last time anybody actually physically saw him was on Friday,
00:41
so sometime between Friday and today there is a possibility that he fell.
00:46
He was sitting in a chair when we got there, so I don't know if you guys want to make him a trauma or not.
00:51
Vitals are all stable.
00:52
He's a little tacky at 120 .
00:54
At 120 , blood pressure is 100 and fifty-five over 90 .
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Pulse ox ninety-six percent room air, 16 respirations.
01:01
Two hundred and two on the are on the blood sugar.
01:06
Copy 20 . What's your ETA?
01:10
I'd say we're at 0710 minutes away.
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He's got a history of strokes,
01:17
and because of that he has memory issues.
01:20
So that's the only reason why we don't really know what's going on.
01:26
Twenty won't make it a trauma.
01:27
We'll see you at oh 900 and fifty-one.
01:30
Oh, thank you.
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Metrohealth Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109
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