Elderly man faints and suffers head injury, Shreveport LA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a medical emergency near Youree Dr in Shreveport where a 77-year-old man fainted while bending over, fell, and sustained a minor head laceration above his right eye. The patient was conscious with stable vital signs and was transported to a hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Caddo LA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
Good morning, this is Medic Seventeen with a patient care report.
00:05
Say your money or go ahead.
00:07
I got a seventy-seven year old male patient.
00:11
We had an episode and he was bending over and he passed out.
00:17
Well, he fell and hit his head.
00:19
He has a laceration to the top of his right eye.
00:23
Patient is not on any blood thinners.
00:26
He didn't get any.
00:27
Get knocked out. He does remember, asking out.
00:31
Initial blood pressure on scene was 106 over eighty-two while he was sitting down.
00:36
Stood him up and it dropped to ninety-six oh four.
00:40
Got him into the back of the ambulance, starting IV and reassessed his vitals.
00:44
His last blood pressure was 150 over 90.
00:48
Pulse rate of sixty-five.
00:51
Sinus rhythm on a monitor.
00:52
Respiratory rate of 18 s.
00:55
Ninety-nine percent on air.
00:58
He had a GCS of 15 at this time, and like I said, he does not take any blood thinners.
01:04
And he does have a small laceration above his right eye.
01:09
We'll be at your facility in about five to six minutes.
01:12
Are there any more questions?
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Location mentioned:
Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115
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