82-year-old man transported after head injury and blood loss, Danville PA
Medical EmergencyAn 82-year-old man fell outdoors, hit his head, and suffered head trauma with bleeding and fractures. He lost a large amount of blood and is currently unresponsive and on a ventilator. He was transported by Life Flight from Mountaine Medical Center to Geisinger ER for treatment.
Audio|Source: Eastern Columbia and Western Luzerne Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Good morning, guys, here in Life Flight 2. We're currently enrapped facility with a seven-minute ETA, coming from Mountaine Medical Center, an 82-year-old male patient.
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He is currently unresponsive, intubated on the ventilator.
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He was walking outside this afternoon.
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He tripped, fell, struck his head.
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He is anti-COA.
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Maxillary sinus fracture. They believe that is the source of the bleeding.
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Referring hospital states that he lost approximately 2 liters of blood.
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In the ER, he received 6 units of packed red blood cells.
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Two units of platelets. He's received 4 grams of calcium,
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4,000 units of Kcentra and 1 gram of TXA.
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Currently on Propofal running 40 mics per kilo per minute, his vital signs he is a sinus rhythm rate of 81. His current blood pressure is showing 118 over 77.
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N-title is 36.
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His respiratory rate is 16 correlated with the ventilator.
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His O2 saturation is 99% on 50% FI-O2.
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If you don't have any questions, we'll see in about 10 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822
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