Incident report

While team members were waiting for the arrival of the GP in incident 023 they were approached by a gentleman whose elderly wife had fallen out of bed in the early hours of the morning.  She was lying on the floor and in pain, and was unable to move.  He had rung 111 and their GP practice and was still waiting for a call back.  He asked if we could do anything for her.

A team member entered the property and found the 92 year old lady in a significant amount of pain.  The GP was asked to have a look at the casualty, which she did, diagnosing a broken hip – she rang 999 and spoke to the ambulance service.  No treatment was given by us on this occasion as she was going to need further treatment at hospital.