AirCare medevac transporting stroke patient to UVa ER, Charlottesville VA
Medical EmergencyAirCare 5 is transporting a 76-year-old male stroke patient to the UVa emergency room. The patient has a history of heart issues and is on medication. He was found slumped over at home with left-sided weakness and speech difficulty. Vital signs are stable, and he is being evaluated for a large vessel occlusion stroke.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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Transcript:
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AirCare 5 is about nine minutes from a rooftop checking the status of the pad inbound traffic and ready to give a report to a third year I think we're coming to the ER with a stroke patient.
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Stand by fair position you'll be clear for these telepaths.
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AirCare, AirCare, this is Dr.
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Carter UVA.
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Go ahead.
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Real quick, AirCare 5, we're showing about 9 minutes to the ER bringing you a 76-year-old male.
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He has a past medical history of atrial fibrillation and mitral valve regurg.
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He is on Eloquist.
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At around 3 o'clock today, he was heard by his wife in his laundry room when they found he had slumped over.
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They called 911 once in the rocking game.
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Long story short, they basically found he has a M2 occlusion,
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LBO, large vessel occlusion.
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They're bringing them in for a scheming vaccine.
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evaluation.
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He was dynamically at this time blood pressure is 170 over 74, heart rate 74, sinus rhythm, restoration 15, that's 97% on room air.
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On my near exam, what I'm basically seeing is just some slight numbness in his left upper arm.
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He seemed to have a little bit of weakness in his left lower arm.
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He's got a slurge speech.
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He's also got a little bit of a left basal droop.
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Tongue is bedline, smile is equal.
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Not a whole lot more to tell you with you anything else at the bedside.
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Like I said, he is on eloquence, but it's...
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Not a bleed is on steaming stroke.
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GCS is a 15, that's one-five.
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My face, with you soon.
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Location mentioned:
Near Ray C. Hunt Dr Suite 2100, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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