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10-4.
69-year-old man fell on his head.
You know falling is the leading cause of trauma for elders?
You know that?
- I do now. - All right.
See that?
You can learn something from anybody.
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Hey, how you doing, babe?
What's going on?
My dad, 69, soon to be 70 on Friday.
Right.
Is he conscious? - He fell.
Is he talking? Is he the alert?
He is alert.
My dad's very stubborn.
So he ain't going to want to go.
But this is not the first time this has happened.
All right.
And my mom, they just celebrated
45 years of marriage.
That's awesome.
And his birthday is Friday.
Oh geez.
Wait, why y'all are here, he doesn't know this,
but we have a surprise party for him Friday.
So I need the man to live. - All right.
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All right, so that's all I got to do is make sure he lives?
That's pretty easy.
I'm going to do the full treatment on you.
Here's what I want to do.
I want to know what you remember and what happened.
I tripped and I couldn't catch myself, and I went--
I took a header all the way to the door.
OK.
Hit my head.
- On the door? - Yeah.
On the door.
Did you lose consciousness?
No.
If you pass out and fall, then that
could mean that you had a cardiac issue, or as a result
of precursors to a stroke.
If you trip and fall, that's fine.
We all trip.
Were you able to get yourself up off the floor?
I could have if they wouldn't have been bothering me.
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You know what?
You got a lot of people here that care about you.
So they just want to make sure we're
going to check your blood pressure and stuff like that,
if that's all right with you?
I'm cool.
And we'll get out your hair.
He knows what happened.
He didn't want us there.
I think us being there embarrassed me
more than anything.
We all hard-headed.
All right, man.
Your heart looks good.
I checked the blood pressure.
I checked the sugar.
22-year-old man right there for us.
All his vitals.
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Everything looks pretty good.
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Can't run from your wife.
We just celebrated 45 years of marriage.
Whoa, congratulations.
45 years?
I feel you.
I'm about to celebrate 10, and I feel like I made it.
Like, I'm somebody after 10.
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Oh man.
Y'all all right.
I love running calls with people that are just happy that we're
there and respectful, and it's like going
to take care of my family.
You call us if you need us, OK?
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We have a call that came in, a male that's
possibly intoxicated that fell, hit his head really hard,
according to the witness.
That's all the information we have.
So I'm going to roll over there just in case
it's a little more serious.
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6220 in the area.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh.
That's him.
I get on scene, and I noticed that there is a elderly man
just kind of stumbling around, and he does not
have any idea that I'm there.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Oh, you're going to fall.
I know.
You fell already.
Your shoes are all untied and everything.
How much you had to drink tonight?
A bottle?
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All right, so where do you live at?
Where?
It's pretty common in intoxicated people,
they think they're perfectly OK.
They have no idea that they are slurring like someone that just
had a stroke, and that they're walking like they're on a ship
in the middle of a hurricane.
No Because you already fell once.
We can't let you go.
You're going to fall and really hurt yourself.
I know.
Plus, you drank a whole bottle.
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It was still too much.
You can't stand up unless I'm holding you.
No.
Let us get you up to the hospital.
But look, I got my guys coming.
Can you sit down for me and we're going
to wait for my guys to come?
Just sit down.
I got you.
All right.
Can you just sit on the ground?
Where do you want to sit, on the curb?
All right. Let's sit you on the curb.
Yeah.
I've already dealt with a really
combative not-so-nice intoxicated
guy earlier tonight.
Luckily, he is a really nice guy.
I got you.
See?
If I wasn't holding on to you, you couldn't walk.
I'm just saying.
You don't know.
You were not going to make it home.
All right, just sit down for me.
We'll get you back up.
You ever had a heart attack?
How old are?
55?
65?
Yeah, I don't feel anything on the back of his head.
He was walking, or attempting to walk.
Yeah.
One bottle he said.
He had one bottle.
That's it.
All right, now that I made you sit down,
and we're going to help you up and get you on the stretcher.
I'm going to get your stuff for you.
Let's get you up.
I'll get your stuff for you.
Sometimes when you're dealing with people that
are intoxicated, in order to appease them
you kind of bargain with them.
Ah, you got the good stuff.
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I can't let him just walk off down the street.
I have to do what's in his best interest.
I'm just going to check your blood sugar.
Now, you got a new mask.
I need some blood out that finger.
No, no, no, no.
104, baby.
104.
Yes, sir.
They'll get you home.
You live by yourself or you got somebody at the house?
OK.
He'll get you home.
All right, good luck to you.
I'm glad I caught you before you fell
and busted your head for real.
All right, guys.
Thanks.
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Going to a 41-year-old lady who evidently had a seizure,
hit her head when she fell.
So she's an epileptic, has a history of seizures.
- She has a history? - Yeah.
Says she has a history of seizures,
that she has epilepsy.
Hopefully, she'll be awake and talking whenever we're there.
Mm-hmm. [sirens]
When you fall and hit your head, there's
always a risk of some sort of internal injury
that we can't see.
You could have a bleed into your brain, which can then cause
more seizing, and then more trauma, and then more injury,
and it's a bad day.
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Are we here?
Yeah.
Look, there's nobody here.
Maybe it's in the back.
I don't know.
I'll hop out and see.
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How are you doing?
Did y'all call EMS?
Hey.
How you doing, dear?
[crying]
All right, come on out with us, my dear.
Can you walk on out to the ambulance for us?
So you had a seizure.
You fell and hit your mouth, OK?
Come on.
Let's just walk right out here and we're going to check
you out, all right dear?
You got a jacket on.
Let's just walk out just like this.
We're just going to get you a set of vitals,
make sure everything's OK, all right?
Come on, sweetheart.
Responding to a patient who had a seizure.
She fell. She's injured herself.
It's important that we evaluate her quickly so that she
gets the care that she needs.
OK.
Come on, sweetie. - You don't got to cry.
[crying]
Mama's all right.
Mama's a little sick right now, but she's
going to be OK, all right?
OK.
You stay right here for just a second, all right?
I got something for you.
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Come on, baby.
I'm going to help you out a little bit.
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Kendra, can you have a seat right here for me, sweetheart?
Just have a seat right there. There you go.
Just have a seat. There we go.
It's always difficult to see a patient's children upset.
But right now, our focus has to be
on the patient herself to make sure that she's all right.
All right.
We'll turn the heater on for you.
When you see this on, I'm going
to take a blood pressure, OK?
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Hey, baby.
You had a seizure, OK?
I know I keep telling you that.
I think it's because you keep forgetting.
Hey. Hey.
That's fine.
We're just here to check you out.
That's all.
So I'm just going to start an IV over here just in case
you have another seizure, OK?
Do you know what causes the seizures?
All right.
We're in the middle of a global pandemic,
which has been very stressful for pretty much everyone.
So it's no surprise that the patient has been feeling
extra stressed, and it may have exacerbated
her seizure disorder.
Hold on one second.
So we're going to get a mask on you, OK?
All right.
All right, let me see this arm, babe.
Two more stickers here, OK?
Hi, Mom.
Hi, Mamma.
[crying]
Mamma.
[crying]
I love, Mamma.
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Now listen, this little guy says no more crying, OK?
Now he or she's going to need a good name, OK?
OK.
All right.
I want to see a couple of things real quick.
Close your mouth all the way.
Uh-huh.
Now open your mouth.
OK, good.
Now move your jaw from side to side for me.
Just making sure everything lines up good.
Making sure your jaw is OK.
How long does she have to be in that at night?
That I do not know.
Did you want to give your mom a hug before she goes?
The coronavirus pandemic has really changed
how hospitals allow visitation.
Her children will not be able to visit her in the hospital,
and that's terrible.
That's heartbreaking.
All right.
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All right, off to University?
The other one.
Sounds good.
Having a kid, I can only hope mine is as cute as yours.
Your kids are adorable.
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Acknowledge.
Rutledge is driving Engine 13 for the rest of the night,
so Benny and I are closing out the shift together.
Going to a 40-year-old male with a history of seizure,
and fell and hit his head.
Hopefully put it on a nice cushiony
surface and not a table.
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Rescue 13.
On scene.
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Backyard?
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Hey, buddy.
What happened?
Has he been talking to you yet?
Just load him up. Yeah.
Seizure history.
He obviously fell and whacked his head.
I don't think I'm going to need a board
right now because I don't think he's going tolerate.
He's still very postictle When a patient has a seizure,
they usually have a postictle state
where they're not very alert.
Just like firemen.
Sometimes they can't speak.
That seems to be what's going on with this patient.
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Can you remember what happened?
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I'm going to put some oxygen on you, OK buddy?
Just oxygen, partner.
I'm going to start an IV on you, OK?
There's going to be a big poke in your arm, OK?
That hurts?
No.
I don't got anything.
He has very poor veins.
It's all right, buddy.
It looks like he's a tough stick.
We're trying to feel for him, but we're not having any luck.
Where to, LT?
Florida Hospital.
Busted your head up pretty good.
How about we cut off this bloody shirt?
You OK with that?
You don't want to use it again.
You want to leave that one on?
It's all bloody.
Can I cut it?
You don't need anything to put on.
You're going to the hospital.
No, no, no.
It's OK.
How about we cut off this bloody shirt?
Your shirt's all bloody.
We had a seizure face who's starting to come to,
and he's becoming angry and combative.
It's OK, buddy.
I'll leave your shirt on.
It's OK.
I'm not trying to make you mad, buddy.
I'm trying to help you.
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How about that IV?
It's just me.
I'm looking for--
Look, I'm just looking for an IV.
I didn't hear that.
I'm sorry.
I'm not going to shoot for one unless I see it.
I'm trying to save you some pain.
Can I take a look at your arm to start an IV?
OK.
The patient's becoming unpredictable.
So for his safety, I'd stop trying to get an IV on him.
So the best thing I can do is get him to the hospital
without making him more angry.
All right, bud.
I'm going to let you relax.
I don't want to make you mad.
Rescue 13.
Arrived at hospital.
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