Medical emergency involving altered mental status near W 7th St, Frederick MD
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical responders are attending to a 63-year-old female near W 7th St experiencing altered mental status, including disorientation, hyperventilation, and insomnia. The patient has a history of anxiety and multiple sclerosis, with possible symptoms linked to lack of sleep and not taking MS medication recently. Vital signs and condition are being monitored while responders work to keep the patient calm.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Good evening, Frederick.
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This is Fredermatic 3, 8, Paramedic Stewart.
00:04
Currently en route to location with a 63-year-old female,
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Priority 2, altered mental status.
00:10
How do you copy?
00:12
Pressure, copy.
00:13
Please continue.
00:17
The company again is going to be priority 2, 63-year-old female for altered mental status.
00:22
ETA is going to be roughly 10 to 12 minutes.
00:26
Patient states that they have not been able to sleep in the last five days.
00:29
Currently does not know their days from nights.
00:32
When trying to hold a conversation is disoriented and speaking in circles, keeps repeating themselves with the information and what they're trying to say is changing.
00:41
The patient is hyperventilating and has since prior to M.R.R.
00:45
So that's why their niece called 911.
00:50
This patient does have a history of anxiety.
00:52
Working on box breathing at this time to control the breathing.
00:58
That means online, do you need to...
01:02
Loud conversations and hallucinations appear to be due to the lack of sleep.
01:07
Patient also has MS and hasn't had any medication for their MS in about a month.
01:12
Current vital signs are 168 over 102 for blood pressure, 96 for heart rate.
01:19
My apologies, my radio cut out.
01:21
I had 168 over 102 for blood pressure.
01:25
96 for heart rate, 90% on room air.
01:31
Noticing one of the episodes witnessed at this time where known about patients that did vomit this morning.
01:35
It was just vile.
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Currently, no interventions have been taking place, just working and controlling the breathing due to the patient's interaction with crew members and whatnot.
01:46
We're just trying to keep them calm and working on getting into a calmer state.
01:50
Any questions before we arrived?
01:53
No, once you have a charge, just warn, and we'll put your health is clear.
01:59
Thank you, Frederick.
02:01
If anything changes before we get there, I'll be calling for.
02:03
If not, we'll see when we get there.
02:04
We'll see when we get there.
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Location mentioned:
W 7th St, Frederick, MD 21701
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