Medical helicopter brings man with chest pain to hospital, Charlottesville VA


A 61-year-old man was airlifted by medical helicopter to UVA Medical Center with chest pain and difficulty breathing, possibly from a heart attack. He was in significant pain and received medications including aspirin, nitroglycerin, Ziphrin, and fentanyl, and was placed on oxygen.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Good morning, Pegasus affair is inbound to your facility from a Highland County seat request for a 61-year-old male who is complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing.
00:11
We found him to possibly be experiencing a NEMI as pretty significant elevation as lead D-2 through E6.
00:19
Possibly some depression in lead three.
00:22
Great. PMS prior arrival initiated sublingual nitro followed by nitro paste.
00:26
Patient did get aspirin on board as well as Ziphrin and fentanyl for pain.
00:32
They established IV access.
00:33
For us, patient continues to be in pain, eight out of ten.
00:36
So far we've administered two aliquots of 50 mitral for pain in addition to us nitro.
00:42
His vital signs are as follows.
00:44
Heart rate is currently 68, blood pressure is 128 over 65.
00:48
He is currently standing at 95% on 6 liters.
00:51
He did have a defecuration as we are caught and require placing them on oxygen.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ray C. Hunt Dr Suite 2100, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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