77-year-old female injured in fall en route to hospital, Petersburg WV
Medical EmergencyEmergency responders transported a 77-year-old woman to Grant Memorial Hospital after a fall. She had multiple recent falls, chronic pain, COPD, and Parkinson's disease. She was awake and oriented, showing bruising and pain from the fall but was stable and monitored during transport.
Audio|Source: Hardy County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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En route to Grant Memorial Hospital, a 77-year-old female injured from a fall.
00:17
7474, good copy.
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Can you repeat your ETA, cert number, and then go ahead?
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This is Peroteroop.
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Cert number is going to be (number withheld).
00:29
I'm about 10 to 12 minutes out from Grant.
00:37
Go ahead, sir.
00:43
77-year-old female with injury from a fall.
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The patient has had at least two or three falls over the past couple of days.
00:53
Got on scene, she was waking oriented.
00:57
She initially complained of pain from where she'd been lying on the floor.
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I was able to get her up with two assists.
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She is awake and oriented times three, no jugular vein distention, no swelling.
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She is a little pale,
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warm and dry, extremely cold to touch, tender to that area.
01:18
Good motor, sensation, and circulation, rear motor is a little weak.
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The only trauma noted is bruising to the top of the shoulder.
01:31
A sling was applied to the extremities for comfort to that area.
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It is unremarkable.
01:44
Monitoring her rhythm shows a rate of 86 right now.
01:51
Pulse oximetry on 2 liters is now 94 to 95 percent.
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She was a little low, possibly due to cold extremities, but given a couple of liters.
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Blood pressure is 115 over 68.
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Attempted IV access once, but veins were small and blue.
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Initially rated pain as nine out of ten, now down to about four or five.
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She is resting comfortably.
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Will continue to monitor her en route.
02:31
Allergies to sulfonamide or sulfa, medication list unknown.
02:41
History of COPD and Parkinson's disease.
02:54
Do you have any further information?
03:00
That's received.
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Weakness caused her to fall.
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Nothing else?
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The pain seems more chronic than acute.
03:14
Patient improving; cautious about medications without full history.
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Understood.
03:29
Have you already gone directly to Grant?
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Hospital Dr, Petersburg, WV 26847
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