Woman suffers fall, left on floor hours with swelling, St George UT
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Medical EmergencyAt a residence near West 100 North, a female patient, having fallen after dizziness, endured four hours on the floor with swollen left ankle and knee, and low blood pressure.
Audio|Heard on: Washington County Sheriff, Fire and EMS - East
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602 respond near West 100 North unit 42 again near West 100 North in unit 42 on the fall control clear 1159
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602 en route 1159 602 exit 1909 602 from engine twice south
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proper 602
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602 just to give you an update on the patient the patient does have swelling in the left ankle and pain in the left knee and a little bit of swelling in the left knee and the thing that we're concerned about the most is
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She's been on the floor for about four hours.
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She went to put eye drops in, got dizzy and fell.
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She now has a low blood pressure, probably was low before.
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It's 92 over 60.
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We're in the process of doing a four lead,
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the rest of our assessment.
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But we'll have that for you when you get here.
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Location mentioned:
W 100 N, St. George, UT 84770
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