Teen injured in fall from bunk bed, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a private home near Grossmont Center Dr in La Mesa where a 14-year-old girl fell from a bunk bed and cut her arm on a mirror. She was treated for a laceration to her right bicep and taken to the hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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03:43
Transcript:
00:00
Medic 440, this is Grossmont.
00:01
It's 1342, you can go ahead.
00:04
Hey, Grossmont 440, come to you in 10 minutes.
00:08
Got number (number withheld).
00:11
14-year-old female, she has a laceration on her arm.
00:15
Let me know when ready.
00:17
Okay, I copy that we are.
00:19
You can go ahead with the report.
00:22
All right,
00:24
private residence.
00:25
Patient was on the top bunk.
00:27
Looks like that bunk bed is about five or six feet high.
00:30
She fell off the bunk.
00:33
Sounds like there's a mirror that was resting against the wall.
00:37
She reached her arm out to break the fall,
00:40
broke the mirror.
00:42
She sustained a two-inch laceration to her right bicep area.
00:50
It's a pretty good laceration.
00:51
Say it's like potentially full thickness, like partial to full thickness.
00:55
Had some mild bleeding on arrival.
00:57
We just put a bandage on it.
01:01
Rest of her trauma secondary is negative.
01:03
She denies hitting her head.
01:04
She was able to break the fall with her arm.
01:07
No pain anywhere else.
01:09
Denies loss of consciousness as witnessed by her sister.
01:13
No neck or back pain.
01:16
It's all isolated to that right bicep area.
01:21
No numbness or tingling in the distal extremity.
01:24
Distally good movement.
01:29
It's a little bit of isolated pain around the wound.
01:35
We found her walking out towards the ambulance,
01:38
breathing 18, 99%, blood pressure 134 over 88.
01:53
Heart rate of 116.
01:57
Skins are normal.
01:59
We have a bandage on the right arm, and (name withheld) and (name withheld) are here on scene.
02:06
They're requesting transport to your facility.
02:10
What else can I get for you?
02:14
Yeah, I'm with the patient right now, and the parents are following us to Grossmont.
02:21
Yeah,
02:23
I got you. I guess,
02:26
hmm,
02:27
I guess the.
02:30
I guess maybe the interpretation of the penetrating injury proximal to the elbow.
02:39
I guess they didn't really think about it as a penetrating injury.
02:43
I guess it's theoretically penetrating since it broke skin.
02:47
Okay, what would you like us to see here?
02:51
Family's primarily Spanish speaking.
02:52
I don't know if we can try to get a callback number maybe.
02:56
What are you thinking?
02:58
Responding, engine five, jumping in line.
03:03
Hey, responding, engine five, I have you second in line.
03:07
Medic 440, are you able to give the parents a call and try to meet them there? Maybe have the daughter translate if she's able to speak English.
03:20
Yeah, let me see.
03:22
The caller was her sister who is on scene still, who is 16.
03:30
Parents are following us and are Spanish speaking.
03:32
I'll try to get a number for them and see if the patient can translate.
03:38
I'll park outside the back door of your hospital until then and we'll see what we can work out.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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