Elderly man falls down stairs with head and shoulder injuries, Willoughby OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly man fell down three stairs at his home, briefly lost consciousness, and is now confused with possible head and shoulder injuries. He is being transported to Lake West Medical Center for treatment.
Audio|Heard on: Lake OH Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Good evening, Lake West.
00:01
This is Harbor Squad 1822.
00:04
We're coming in with a code trauma, co-trauma, co-trauma, with an 88-year-old male.
00:09
Chief complaint is going to be a fall from a set of three stairs going into his house.
00:17
About an hour ago, patient did lose consciousness,
00:21
and has an altered level of consciousness.
00:24
He's also unconscious on our arrival.
00:28
He was found in his bed.
00:30
His family got into his bedroom and onto the bed.
00:34
We do have, like,
00:37
a decent-sized bump on the head.
00:39
It's fine. We did rule out, he's fine.
00:43
However, he does seem very confused.
00:45
He's about alert and oriented times three for us with bits of confusion.
00:50
We do have his last arm in a sling right now.
00:54
He is interesting.
00:56
and that's shoulder.
01:01
Continuing report, we're not seeing any deformities or anything like that on the shoulder.
01:06
On the 12 leads, he's looking to normal sinus rhythm with a blood pressure of 155 over 60.
01:13
End title is currently 11.
01:16
He does have the history of COPD.
01:19
He's saturating at 99% on 2 liters of oxygen.
01:24
We do have a 20-gays established for you guys, and we'll be with you in about 15 minutes.
01:30
Happy, I'll see in 15.
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Location mentioned:
Euclid Ave, Willoughby, OH 44094
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