Elderly woman sustains possible hip injury near Newark, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a possible fall involving an elderly woman near Ogletown Stanton Road in Newark. The woman was found in the bathroom after an apparent unwitnessed fall and was suspected to have a right hip or pelvic fracture. She remained alert but disoriented, with stable vital signs, and was transported to Christiana Hospital for care.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:38
Transcript:
00:00
First unit, base (number withheld).
00:05
This is C two.
00:09
Lieutenant's still away with a possible pelvic fracture for an eighty-six year old female.
00:13
Do you copy?
00:15
Come on clear, go ahead.
00:18
Patient was found in the bathroom.
00:20
There is an unwitnessed fall.
00:24
Patient doesn't remember falling and is alert and oriented times two with history of dementia.
00:30
Patient is taking a blood thinner.
00:38
Patient has an obvious deformity in right hip and different size legs.
00:49
Patient has a heart rate of 112 and is at 90% oxygen on room air.
00:58
Has been given two liters per minute of oxygen via nasal cannula.
01:06
Patient has a blood pressure of 138 over 86.
01:12
Additional to the GCS of 15.
01:15
How do you copy?
01:18
I'm clear. What was your ETA? And confirm no trauma to the head on exam.
01:26
That's correct. No trauma to the head.
01:29
My exam is clear.
01:30
No pain with outpatients.
01:32
We're about 10 minutes away.
01:35
All right, we'll work on a room for you.
01:37
(number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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