Man Loses Consciousness and Intubated at University Hospital, Charlottesville VA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 09/08/2025 03:42 PM (PDT)

Hospital Dr, University of Virginia, VA 22903

A 70-year-old man at University of Virginia Hospital had a sudden change in mental status and lost consciousness. He became combative and required medication. Emergency responders intubated him to secure his airway and are providing sedation and blood pressure management during transport.

Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch

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Transcript:

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He deviated to telecompetes for about four minutes out from the rooftop, zero four minutes, with a 70-year-old male patient.

00:05

He was sitting at the dinner table with his family when he had a sudden change in mental status fell sideways from his chair onto the floor and on subconscious at that time.

00:12

AMS arrived down to still unconscious, no obvious trauma.

00:15

He became combative for them shortly after, prompted him to give 10 milligrams of birth said IM.

00:20

When we arrived, he was sounding well, but still unconscious, not protecting his own airway.

00:24

We made the decision to RSI in the field.

00:25

He was on our side contaminate in front of a coline, currently intubated, tolerating the ventilator well, blood pressure 206 over 76, heart rate 78, standing 100%.

00:36

We have one point of access, we are currently working on some follow-up sedation, and as I said, we're about four minutes in the rooftop.

00:42

Any question?

00:43

You're doing front of sedation and any thoughts on blood pressure control?

00:46

We gave some additional fentanyl and we are working on some additional birth set as well for sedation.

00:50

For blood pressure control, we are cycling enough pressure to see if it coming down.

00:55

That was the first time we've got a pressure that high, if pressure you've been normal tensed throughout these counters.

00:59

Thanks.

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Man Loses Consciousness and Intubated at University Hospital, Charlottesville VA

A 70-year-old man at University of Virginia Hospital had a sudden change in mental status and lost consciousness. He became combative and required medication. Emergency responders intubated him to secure his airway and are providing sedation and blood pressure management during transport.

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