61-year-old man falls, head laceration, altered mental state

Heard on: Somerset County PA Regional SO CVMH (Hospital)

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Coming to the hospital, 4000 and seventy-one.

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We're on scene here with a sixty-one.

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That's sixty-one-year-old male patient.

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Fall from the standing position.

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Patient said that he got lightheaded, lost his balance and fell.

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He did strike his head during the fall.

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He has an approximate four-inch, 4 cm laceration on the back of his head.

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Bleeding had stopped prior to our arrival.

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Patient is on Eliquis for AFib, has a history.

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Currently, AFib on the monitor around 90.

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Pulse ox is 98% in room air, satting at 100.

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Correction,

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blood pressure is 130 over 77.

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Family reports that the patient was recently diagnosed with a touch of dementia.

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However, they're stating that he is more altered after the fall than he was before the fall.

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We're getting ready to transport.

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Should probably be there in about 2530 minutes.

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What's the JTS right now?

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1414.

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All right, we'll see you here.

2026-10-27 16:14 UTC

Medical Emergency

Haida Ave, Hastings, PA 16646

61-year-old man falls, head laceration, altered mental state

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As discussed during the dispatch call, medic 781 reported a 61-year-old man who became lightheaded, lost his balance, and fell, striking his head and sustaining a small laceration. Bleeding had stopped before EMS arrived, and the patient was being transported to a hospital.

61-year-old man falls, head laceration, altered mental state

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