Elderly woman found on floor in welfare check, Fredericksburg VA
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders performed a welfare check on an elderly woman found on the floor near Chancellor Rd in Spotsylvania County. She was conscious but had a fast pulse and possible irregular heartbeat. There were no signs of major trauma. She may have been on the floor for up to two days before being found.
Audio|Source: Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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EMS2, a known incident type.
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At near Chancellor Rd.
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Cross streets are Meadowwood Avenue and Harvestdale Drive.
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Respond, no fire respond.
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Mary Washington Hospital lost away a minute.
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10-2-1-the-air, how do you copy?
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Okay, here you go.
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It's not spending a minute at 10-2.
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(name withheld)-all within 82.
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She's a 84-year-old female complaint today.
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It's going to be a welfare check.
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She was watching about two days ago.
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We found her on the floor.
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Right now, she's working around 4.
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She's 15. Pulse rates can be 150.
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Any fib with RVR.
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I'm not inclined to give her any drugs to slow it down because it's been up to 48 hours.
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She's had at 95% on Romare.
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She's got a clear, equal bilateral with the respiratory rate,
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of 3-2, 32 breaths per minute, plus 15 over 65.
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We've got a short-plus sugar of 129.
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She's got a 20-gauge IV in her right hand.
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That fluid runner wide open right now.
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We got about eight minutes to you all.
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You work riding further from me.
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So you said you guys just went over there for a look for a check and she was on the ground? I'm sorry, but she said she didn't really fall and she's got no sign of the trauma.
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She's got a little bit of swelling around her right eye, but that's also the side of her.
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There's no bruising.
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She, uh,
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that was the side that she was laying her face down.
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She was on a hardwood floor for up to, up, could be up to two days.
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That news?
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Negative.
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Beat her age?
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84, 84 years old.
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84? 84?
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84?
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84, 84.
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I'm not sure to be annoying.
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You're just breaking up a little bit.
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So if this one you have her eyes, she's not sure if she, like, specifically fell and lost consciousness.
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Unknown. No details like that at all, but she's denied neckerback pain.
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Okay, and she doesn't remember if she fell?
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She thought that she did not fall.
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You see on the field, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Chancellor Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
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