Elderly person injured in fall at Grossmont Center, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a medical call at Grossmont Center involving an elderly person who reportedly experienced multiple falls, including one where they struck their head. The patient was alert and transported for evaluation under special medical consideration, with complaints of left hip and mild neck pain.
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01:52
Transcript:
00:00
BLS for Grossmont, 900 and fifty-six.
00:03
Shop Grossmont, this is Express BLS 50.
00:06
Are you clear to copy and relay to Scripps Mercy Hillcrest for a mild trauma with an ETA of 6 minutes? Yeah, go ahead with the story.
00:16
I have a 94-year-old male.
00:19
They complained of a fall.
00:20
Patient fell last night around 2130, unwitnessed on the floor for about 5 minutes, hit their head.
00:27
No outward signs of trauma or bleeding.
00:30
Patient did not lose consciousness.
00:32
Patient is positive for thinners.
00:35
Patient is being transported under special consideration.
00:38
Patient also had a fall this morning, did not hit their head.
00:42
Negative stroke scale patient, primarily.
00:45
Complaining of left-sided hip pain.
00:48
Vitals are as follows.
00:50
Pulse 60, respirations 20, blood pressure 116 over 66.
00:56
A&O patient is times two to self and event.
01:00
Temperature 96.1.
01:03
SpO2 94 room air and a BGL of 247.
01:07
Run number is (number withheld).
01:11
Do you need else from me?
01:14
Yeah, can it?
01:16
According to the nurse's baseline, two to three.
01:22
Yes.
01:24
And then you said they're only complaining of that left hip pain.
01:27
Want to confirm that PMS is intact to that leg?
01:32
Copy.
01:33
PMS is intact.
01:34
Primarily pain to left hip and a little bit of neck pain.
01:41
Copy that.
01:42
Thanks for the report.
01:43
I will let Mercy know that you are coming over under special consideration, and we can clear 958.
01:52
Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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