Elderly woman treated after fall in Maryville, Maryville IL
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics transported an elderly woman to Anderson Hospital after she fell backward onto a couch at a location near IL-162 in Maryville, Illinois. She suffered forehead hematomas and right shoulder pain but remained alert and oriented.
Audio|Heard on: Madison IL Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Anderson Hospital, Glen Carbon, Paramedic 517, en route to facility with an elderly female patient.
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Patient complaining of right shoulder upper arm pain.
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Patient took a ground-level fall from a step onto a wooden plank sitting area, fell backward, and hit the top of a couch with a wooden banister.
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Wooden piece across the top.
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Just has a couple of hematomas on the forehead along with shoulder pain.
00:34
Do you have a C collar in place? Patient denies any loss of consciousness.
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Patient has been alert and oriented times four.
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Current vitals are 170 over 98.
00:43
Pulse about 118 on the monitor.
00:45
Looks.
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Sinus rhythm. Oxygen saturation 98 percent on room air.
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Blood sugar is 159, IV placed in left wrist.
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ETA is about five minutes.
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Location mentioned:
IL-162, Maryville, IL 62062
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