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Elderly man falls and suffers head injury on blood thinners, Dubuque IA

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Near Cascade Dr, Dubuque, IA 52003

Medical personnel responded near Cascade Dr for a 75-year-old man who fell and sustained a head laceration. He is on blood thinners and had active bleeding controlled with cloth.

Audio|Source: Dubuque County Fire, Dubuque City Fire and EMS
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Near Cascade Dr. It will be for a 75-year-old male who have fallen,
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does have a lot of serration to the back of the head,
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is on blood thinners.
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They do have a cloth applied and they'll reapply on top of that one if we're to readably through your responding code 3.
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Can you repeat that last part, please?
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Except for Woody had fallen, he did receive a laceration to the back of his head.
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He is on blood thinners,
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so he does have serious bleeding going on. However, they do have a cloth on top of that wound, and are just going to keep reapplying if it were to bleed through and not take it away from the wound itself.

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Near Cascade Dr, Dubuque, IA 52003
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