Trauma patient found hypothermic after toxic fluid exposure, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics report a trauma patient found hypothermic on the floor in a cold bedroom near Ogletown Stanton Rd. The room contained a broken space heater with an unknown toxic fluid, possibly oil, rat poison, or pesticide. The patient had low blood sugar, liver and kidney failure history, and was exposed to the fluid for an unknown period.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Good evening again, Christiana.
00:01
This is Paramedic 2171 off of 1.
00:03
Just call for an update about our trauma hypothermic guy that was on the floor.
00:08
How do you hopper?
00:10
Okay.
00:12
We're about five minutes out now.
00:14
His medication is increasing.
00:15
We're now down to about a GCS of 13, the 3, 4,
00:20
6.
00:21
Blood sugar was found to be 30 on our arrival.
00:24
He's now got 450 of D10 and his blood sugar is still low.
00:31
He has a history of liver failure, kidney failure with a transplant, unknown about diabetes.
00:36
He doesn't have like an insulin pump or anything in there.
00:40
All vitals are still okay at heart rate 60, 32 for an N-title with a respiratory rate in the low 30s.
00:46
So our person has been trending at 1-10 over 80.
00:48
We're unable to get an accurate F-D-2 due to his cold extremities.
00:52
I was just giving you an update.
00:54
I'll be there in about 35.
00:57
Sorry, just to confirm you guys the call ahead earlier.
01:02
That's correct.
01:03
He was found down last night at 8:45 he was last talked to.
01:08
It was found on his floor in his cold bedroom, his space heater was knocked over and broken,
01:14
with an unknown fluid that could have either been oil from the space heater, rat poison, or a pesticide.
01:21
That was all empty, all of them were wet, and he was laying in the fluid that smells.
01:27
Strange.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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