Elderly woman slips and injured shoulder at home, Lewes DE
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded to a 70-year-old woman who slipped on a hardwood floor at home after drinking alcohol. She complained of severe shoulder pain. She was transported to Beebe Hospital for treatment.
Audio|Heard on: Sussex DE Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:17
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, we're en route to your location.
00:01
Seventy-year-old patient just working and at times for it she fell in the room.
00:07
She's not real sure how she fell.
00:09
She was not hitting her head.
00:12
She was on hardwood flooring and the slippers on, so we believe maybe she slipped.
00:19
She admitted she did have some drinks earlier tonight.
00:24
She was in the floor for a little while, telling her (name withheld).
00:28
He's not real sure how long she was in the floor.
00:37
Good function in every arm.
00:43
Complaints of pain, nine on a scale of ten.
00:49
Blood pressure 120 over 80, 120 over 80, pulse 80.
00:54
She's had 97% on room air.
00:58
History of high blood pressure and anxiety, allergic to sulfa drugs.
01:03
We were in the sling to get her off the floor transporting her into position of comfort with a shoulder pad.
01:12
We'll be there in about 15 seconds.
01:16
Copy CM 15.
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Location mentioned:
Savannah Rd, Lewes, DE 19958
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