83-year-old woman falls, injures left shoulder at home

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Palomar, RA 181.

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This is Palomar 181 downloading your call.

00:07

83 year old.

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Under her shoulder.

00:13

Go ahead.

00:17

That is correct.

00:18

83-year-old female.

00:19

It's going to be a mechanical fall tonight.

00:23

The patient was walking over to turn the lights off and tripped over her walker, landing with all the impacts going to her left shoulder.

00:30

No LOC, no blood thinners, just some pain and swelling to the left shoulder.

00:38

We got a 15-minute ETA to you guys.

00:42

I was given 50.

00:44

Micrograms fentanyl for the pain.

00:47

As far as vitals go, just a little hypertensive at 100 and eighty-two over eighty-nine.

00:52

Don't envision any further treatment.

00:54

We got the arm in a sling right now.

00:56

Can I get you anything else further?

01:00

And just to make sure, she did not strike her head at all, or has any evidence of trauma to her head.

01:08

That's correct.

01:09

No head strike, full recall, just isolated to the left shoulder.

01:16

Copy that. We will see you when you get there.

01:19

You can recall back if anything has changed.

2026-09-13 23:24 UTC

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Citracado Parkwy, Escondido, CA 92029

83-year-old woman falls, injures left shoulder at home

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83-year-old woman falls, injures left shoulder at home

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