Elderly man falls walking with walker, sustains head injury, Kissimmee FL
Medical EmergencyAn 87-year-old man fell while walking with his walker near Celebration Place in Kissimmee, FL. He sustained a head injury with a hematoma above his right eye but remained conscious. Emergency responders transported him to Celebration Hospital for evaluation.
Audio|Source: Osceola County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Baciela Rescue, 42, Celebration, Inbound,
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Trauma,
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Gre, Gray, how do you talk?
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Go for Celebration.
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Good morning.
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It is Rescue 42.
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Currently inbound your facility with an 87-year-old male chief complaint today.
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It's going to be an unwitness mechanical fall with head injury and injury to the right side.
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The patient was walking down the sidewalk with his walker when he tripped on the sidewalk, causing him the fall forward.
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No LLC at the time of the fall has not had any LOC since.
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Currently right now he is 804 GCS.
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The 15 vitals are as follows.
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Part rate between 92 and 110, A-7 on the monitor, SB, the Tuesday, and XF.
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98% on room air.
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His breathing 21 times a minute.
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Last blood pressure of 138 over 76 and a VGL of 115.
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I do have IVA access established.
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She's been given no flus or meds at this time.
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Four and twelve weeks were unremarkable.
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I did transmit one 12 lead over that.
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This looks funky, but the second one has since cleared up.
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No obvious size of trauma noted to his right side.
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However, he does have a little bit of a hematoma on the right side of his forehead just above his eye.
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No other complaints noted.
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He is not an C collar or backward.
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Nothing further.
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We're still in about three or five.
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Location mentioned:
Near Celebration Pl, Kissimmee, FL 34747
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