Elderly woman injured in fall near Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a private residence near Santa Fe Dr in Encinitas for a medical emergency involving an elderly woman who fell after tripping over her cat. She sustained a minor head laceration and was transported to Scripps Encinitas. The patient remained alert and stable throughout the incident.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:4
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, Tri-City Medic238, we have a mild trauma that can go to Scripps Encinitas about a five-minute ETA.
00:05
Run number of (number withheld), McClellan–Palomar Airport.
00:11
Two thirty-eight.
00:12
I copy that.
00:13
Go ahead, please.
00:16
Thank you. Three 20 to a private residence for an eighty-four-year-old female.
00:22
Fair fall.
00:24
The patient said she was walking with her cat down a flight of stairs.
00:29
When the cat got in front of her, it tangled her feet.
00:32
She fell backward, hitting the back right side of her head on the step.
00:39
She was able to get herself up, walk home, apply pressure to her head, and then called 911.
00:52
Upon arrival, the patient was sitting upright on her couch holding a rag to the back of her head.
00:59
Patient is breathing 18 times per minute, clear lung sounds, oriented times four, no blood thinners.
01:11
Blood pressure 127 over 84, sinus rhythm, skin signs pink, warm, and dry.
01:20
The patient said she hit the back right side of her head.
01:22
She had about a half-inch laceration on that area.
01:26
Bleeding is controlled with direct pressure.
01:30
No loss of consciousness, no blood thinners at all.
01:32
The patient denied any neck or back pain.
01:37
Patient reported mild pain at the back of her head.
01:40
The patient was advised to go to a trauma center but chose Scripps La Jolla instead.
01:50
She refused the trauma center and wanted to go to Scripps Encinitas, where she is regularly seen.
01:56
Other than that, she is a regular caller as well.
01:59
Estimated five-minute ETA to Scripps Encinitas.
02:01
That's not going to give her any other treatments.
02:04
Can I get anything else?
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Location mentioned:
Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
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