82-year-old woman falls and hurts eyebrow in Waterloo, Waterloo IA


An 82-year-old woman fell near Franklin St and E 6th St in Waterloo, hitting her head and cutting her eyebrow. She is alert and stable, with no neck or back pain. Paramedics are taking her for evaluation.
Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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This is Medic 331. Currently we're out to your facility with a conscious alert-oriented 82-year-old female called out to Franklin and 6th today for a fall outside.
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Upon arrival, our truck arrived on scene. Sounds like the patient was just walking downtown. She tripped over a curb and fell, kind of hit her head.
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She denies any loss of consciousness that she kind of caught herself with her arms going down. down first.
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She does have a small laceration to her right eyebrow. The bleeding has stopped. She is on a blood thinner but cannot think of the name right now.
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No neck for back pain.
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Basically just says that one eyebrow is a little sore and that's about it.
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Current set of vitals, we have a blood pressure at 141 over 69, pulse of 84, respers 18, SPO2 and 96% on room air.
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We do have an IVE established.
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