St. Joe's Collapse Case Study

The patient is a 81-year-old female who presented to the ED after a fall several days ago. The patient when she fell was found by the daughter on the floor and was taken to the emergency room at St. Joe's, evaluated and then sent home and since that time the daughter has found that the mother is needing more assistance with dressing and ambulation and other simple chores. There is a definite change in her ability although prior to that she was somewhat limited. Her past medical history calls for a number of allergies, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and some anxiety disorder. The only things on the physical is that she very pleasant but confused. She is in no apparent distress. She is tachycardic, blood pressure is stable. There is no major