EMS diverts patient to specialized hospital, Columbia SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel were transporting a patient supported by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) near Garners Ferry Rd in Columbia. A physician advised that the patient be diverted to a hospital equipped to handle LVAD cases, as the VA facility declined due to lack of specialized capability. EMS coordinated to transfer the patient to the appropriate facility.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:48
Transcript:
00:00
And our ETA is going to be.
00:03
I'll give you a twenty-five minute ETA.
00:06
I am going to let you know if anything changed.
00:10
Please repeat the vital signs.
00:12
They got 106 on the pulse.
00:13
Don't know the respirators showing up.
00:15
Pulse five.
00:18
He's written 18 times a minute.
00:20
He was ninety-six on room air.
00:22
I gave him four liters.
00:24
His BGL is 305.
00:26
Is 305? No blood pressure.
00:28
He's an LVAD patient.
00:29
I am going to you guys see him in twenty-five minutes.
00:33
Stand by, we're talking the physician.
00:34
We're going to LVAD.
00:37
I'll be standing by.
00:40
This is Dorn VA per Dr. (name withheld).
00:43
He says to divert to a facility that has the equipment and ability to care for the LVAD patients.
00:54
Can you stand by? I think another unit's trying to call me on VA.
01:01
This is Baptist.
01:02
Go ahead 250.
01:05
We are currently en route to your facility with a patient complaining of pain to the face.
01:14
Happened about two days ago, saying her daughter hit her in the face with an ashtray.
01:18
Blood pressure is 138 over 66, pulse 76, SpO2 97% on room air.
01:29
They're currently non-emergent and chief complaint is pain, ETA 2 minutes.
01:34
Copy 250, that's clear.
01:38
Go ahead on two.
01:41
229, go ahead on two.
01:45
229 on two, apologize it was traffic on two.
01:50
Go ahead on two.
01:53
Our patient,
01:55
as soon as we arrive,
01:57
that patient will need to see LVAD.
02:03
Go to the LVAD hospital.
02:05
He was very adamant then, very adamant now.
02:07
He's still refusing that.
02:09
Wants to go to the VA, but VA is diverting.
02:13
I alerted patient and he's upset.
02:15
He's saying they have to take him and they'll let them transfer him.
02:18
He's adamant about going to VA.
02:21
How should we proceed being that patient does not want to go to designated facility?
02:32
The VA says they are not accepting that patient because they do not have LVAD facilities.
02:39
They are diverting him to an LVAD facility.
02:45
After the yard, this is Richland County 201.
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Location mentioned:
Garners Ferry Rd, Columbia, SC 29209
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