Betty Graham

Description

Betty Graham 75 year old female (65kg), fell at home while doing gardening. It was a hot day and Betty was coming back into the house for something to drink. Betty stumbled up the stairs (4) and fell on the side of her body onto the cement steps. The fall happened at approximately 3.00pm and her son (Brian) found Betty when he came home from work at 5.00pm.

Brian immediately called 000 for an ambulance.

Paramedics found Betty at the bottom of a flight of 4 stairs lying on her left side

Authors:

Ms Michelle Kelly

A/Prof. Nicodemus Tedla

A/Prof. Beata Bajorek

Dr. Danni Cheng

Dr. Lincoln Gomes

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