77-year-old man falls from ladder, suffers head injury
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Portage County Fire and EMS
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Station One, Rudolph EMR, being requested at (number withheld) Main Street in Junction City for a 77 year old male who fell off a ladder, has a gash to his head.
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1110.
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Com center, roll EMS 38.
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Go ahead.
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Can you show 38, en route Junction City.
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Copy.
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Com center 51, medic one.
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Go ahead.
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Show medic one and route.
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Do you know how high he was when he fell off?
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It was the last step of the ladder, so only a couple of feet.
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He does have a gash to his head, never lost consciousness.
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Medic one copies, thank you.
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Com center, Rudolph rescue two being en route.
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Copy.
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Station two, being requested at 1800 Portage Street, the Noel Fine Arts Center, in room (number withheld) and twenty-nine.
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Twenty-year-old who is disoriented and cannot move.
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Advised they have a migraine.
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Please respond on post fifty-two.
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Eleven 13 .
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Com center from Dewey chief.
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Go ahead. Six chief, Dewey's en route.
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Copy. Get a minute, can I get one direction and speed please?
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Ten four.
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Com center, five on med four.
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Med four.
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Com center from Dewey chief.
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Go ahead, Dewey.
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Can you make sure public service is en route to this? I got a firefighter on scene.
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The contractor was calling public service and they said to advise the fire department, but they're not sure if they're responding or not.
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So can you take care of that for us, please?
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10-4. And wind speed is southwest at 5 mi an hour.
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Southwest at five.
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Copy southwest by 5 mi an hour.
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Call center 56 chief two is on scene.
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Fifty six chief two will resume IZ on DB.
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Copy.
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And you are responding to Junction City from Rudolph.
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You have patient update.
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This is one from Com Center Rudolph.
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EMR is trying to contact you.
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One from Rudolph, EMR, do you copy?
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Over medic one.
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On scene of a conscious alert 77 year old male patient.
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I missed the last step, fell backwards, did strike his head.
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He does have a fairly large hematoma and a bulge in.
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Bleeding is controlled at this time with direct pressure.
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Conscious and alert.
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Did not lose consciousness.
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Blood pressure is elevated, 160 over 118.
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Pulse 95.
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Respiratory rate of 20, currently setting 95 on room air.
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Again, we're keeping him in position of comfort at this time.
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Ready one, copy.
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Thank you.
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Com center, you can show rough 38 on scene.
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