Emergency transport of elderly man with suspected stroke and sepsis, Bethesda MD
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an 87-year-old man with suspected sepsis and possible stroke was transported by EMS to Suburban Hospital emergency department. He showed symptoms including disorientation, shivering, vomiting, high blood pressure, and difficulty following instructions.
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Transcript:
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Suburban Online, R.N.
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(name withheld) speaking.
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Do you need a physician?
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Good evening, Suburban.
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This is ambulance 733, Paramedic Fashion on board.
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This can be notification only.
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At this point in time, I'm hitting you with a double whammy,
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87, 87-year-old male.
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We're going to call him a sepsis and possible stroke alert at this point in time.
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Priority two, ETA is going to be about 10 to 15 minutes.
00:23
Oh, suburban, Kathy.
00:25
Go ahead with your time, club.
00:27
My patient's 87-year-old male.
00:29
Last afternoon, well-time was a couple hours ago by the families.
00:33
They say he's been a little disoriented since this morning.
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He's been shivering.
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He does feel febrile.
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He does have a history of some blood infections last month.
00:42
I do have a little bit of a droop on his left eye.
00:46
I'm unable to get him to follow any instructions.
00:48
He is hypertensive 210 over 112 is my last blood pressure, and he is actively vomiting.
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I have a blood sugar.
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of 145, a pulse of 96, and currently standing at 95% on room air.
01:02
At this point in time, all I've been able to obtain was A-22 in his left hand.
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He is moving his hands.
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He pulled my last IV out.
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At this point, time, I'm probably about 15 minutes out.
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And I'll work on getting you guys a little bit better of IV access.
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And that's all I got for now.
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Wonderful time, GCS.
01:19
I would go ahead and call him probably,
01:22
like, a 13.
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He's not talking a lot.
01:25
He's very hard at hearing.
01:27
He says yes, but he won't answer to actually answer any questions.
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But that's all I really got for now.
01:40
We'll see you in the main emergency department upon arrival, Northern Clare.
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Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
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