Paramedics treat elderly man after fall with heart issues, Berkeley Springs WV
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, paramedics are treating a 74-year-old man who fell at his home near Healthy Way in Berkeley Springs. He has a slow heart rate caused by a third-degree heart block and other health conditions. His level of consciousness is reduced. He is breathing with oxygen support and receiving fluids. He is being transported to War Memorial Hospital under medical orders.
Audio|Heard on: Monongalia WV Hospital Group Calls
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06:7
Transcript:
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Morgan, 879, Paramedic McCarty.
00:03
He's currently on the scene with a 74-year-old male.
00:09
He's showing a third degree on the lawyer confirmed by UKG.
00:16
Any abnormality noted in EKG is a left bundle.
00:23
It does have a history of hypertension,
00:26
hyperlipidemia.
00:29
Given the current GCS of 10,
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rate of 42,
00:38
glass pressure of 128, over 90.
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have an energy saturation of 96%.
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He's breathing 16 times a minute with an intedal value of 38.
00:57
Last one.
01:02
All right.
01:06
We're having...
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A little bit of connectivity issues down here in this hollow.
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Have him on oxygen,
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currently 15 liters per minute.
01:22
An 18 gauge established in the left AC.
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Normal saline running a wide open rate.
01:29
He's received approximately 250 to this point.
01:33
No change in rates.
01:36
The first time for transmitting.
01:44
What initial symptoms was he having that prompted the call for EMS?
01:51
He fell being out of bed this evening.
01:56
The wife reported that whenever he fell, she got to him immediately.
02:02
He wasn't answering any questions.
02:06
Does he follow commands?
02:09
He moves all the extremities equally.
02:13
Pupils are non-reactive approximately 4 millimeters.
02:24
I don't notice any physical changes in his physical exam.
02:37
You had a whole first part to that message before asking what prompted the call to EMS that I was unable to copy.
02:48
GCS and is he on any anti-conagulation?
02:55
No to any anti-coagulations,
02:58
any medications was HCTZ and a cholesterol medication by the name of (name withheld)?
03:11
Is this comide?
03:18
Let me have a GCS; you said the GCS is 10.
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That's affirmative.
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I gave him a tense.
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His eyes were open.
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He has no verbal response.
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And he is localizing pain.
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He's a pain.
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He's anything like acropine?
03:46
I have not administered atropine.
03:49
I was confirming with the third degree prior to administer him with you.
03:57
Given any reverse bed?
03:59
I'm going to give him reverse ed at this time.
04:03
Respond?
04:06
I'm not given any sedative reverse ed to this point.
04:14
He is kind of fighting us a little bit here,
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keeping the arms in and not really compliant with us.
04:31
I don't know how you feel about me pacing, but can you brief confirm your order in atropine and then if that's not to work to get a transceitaneous basin?
04:44
Okay,
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no, so if your blood pressure is stable, we can hold off on pacing,
04:51
hold off on atropine.
04:53
There is concern that maybe he's having a head bleed so you don't want us to get him more right now.
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If you need to do anything, just use soft restraints until you get what you're done.
05:06
I copy. As long as the blood pressure maintains.
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To just observe,
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continue monitoring.
05:21
Call them back if they need anything else, but yes.
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Go down.
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Thanks all.
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It's Morgan 7-9.
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You receive your orders.
05:41
I didn't. We're standing by and observing.
05:45
We'll be transporting to War Memorial Hospital, en route.
05:48
We do have approximately, as it says, about a 40-minute EPA to there.
05:53
If you're able to give them a heads up, I'm a little bit tied up back here.
06:00
I can do that.
06:01
And also, I'll hang out on red Delt in case you need anything else.
06:07
Much appreciated.
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Location mentioned:
Healthy Way, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
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