Elderly man injured in escalator fall at Christiana Mall, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a possible escalator fall involving a seventy-seven year old man at Christiana Mall. The man appeared to have fallen and struck his head, briefly lost consciousness, and suffered lacerations to his forehead and right hand. Security provided first aid before emergency responders arrived. The patient regained consciousness quickly and reported head and hand pain.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We're asked for facility with a seventy-seven year old male in front of Christiana Mall.
00:03
Chief complaint of a fall down an escalator.
00:05
How do you help?
00:07
Copy that.
00:10
Seventy-seven year old male was probably in the health center about 15 minutes ago when he tripped and fell on the escalator, striking his head and started rolling down the escalator.
00:20
The patient remarked that he felt like he blacked out for a couple seconds but then came right back to it and regained consciousness a short time after.
00:29
The patient does remember everything after that.
00:31
Has no memory loss before or after the event except for the time when he blacked out for a couple seconds.
00:37
The patient's got a laceration to the left side of his forehead.
00:41
It's currently bandaged with a 4x4, bleeding a little bit from the ears.
00:45
Not from inside the ear but only the external part.
00:50
He also has a laceration on his right hand which was bandaged prior to our arrival by security.
00:55
Right now, he's complaining of a nine out of ten pain in his head and then six out of ten in his left hand.
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Location mentioned:
Christiana Mall, Newark, DE 19702
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