Elderly woman falls and injures left wrist in restroom

Heard on: San Diego County CA ALS TRI (Hospital)

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City, 88-year-old female chief complaint of left wrist pain post-fall.

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Patient states that she fell last night around 1 a.m.

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when her feet slipped off of the flooring when she was sitting on the toilet.

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This is a common thing for her as she's in neurology.

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She slipped down to the floor, no loss of consciousness, no head impact, no head and neck back pain.

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Isolated, kind of put her left wrist down on the ground, racing her fall from the toilet down to the ground, and was unable to get up afterwards.

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Her caretaker checked in on her this morning and found her in the restroom where she's been waiting for somebody to come to help her up.

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At this time, we are treating with a gram of Tylenol and will be going with BLS 126 to your facility.

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All vitals are stable.

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Once this Tylenol is done, we will be sending them your way.

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How do you copy?

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Any deformity in the wrist?

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Left wrist.

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Does have some swelling and bruising.

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No obvious deformity.

2026-11-13 17:01 UTC

Medical Emergency

Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92056

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As discussed during the dispatch call, medical crews responded to a report of an 88-year-old woman with left wrist pain and swelling after she slipped from a toilet and fell to the restroom floor at a care facility near Vista Way in Oceanside. She was found by a caretaker, treated with Tylenol, and transported by basic life support to a local hospital.