Woman shows stroke symptoms in Norco, LA, Norco LA
Medical EmergencyA 58-year-old woman near Norco, LA displayed stroke symptoms including left-side weakness and slurred speech. Emergency medical services are preparing to transport her by air to a nearby hospital, as there is no suitable landing zone at the location.
Audio|Source: Lafourche Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Finding her ground unit, 1093, 1093, currently on scene.
00:04
Probably a 58-year-old female.
00:07
Looks like she's having a stroke. She does have some left-sided deficits.
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Careful.
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993.10 we're going to get the patient packaged up and loaded.
00:25
Probably going to be the closest landing strip for us is probably going to be at Our Lady of the Lake at Livingston if they want to meet us there.
00:37
There's no landing site on scene here and there's a church but we're just down the road but Livingston will be the closest one to meet with the time period.
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The patient is alert.
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She's having trouble speaking, slurred speech.
00:52
About two weeks ago she had a haemorrhagic stroke.
00:57
She's probably one left side weakness, increased weakness,
01:00
slurring her words started about an hour ago and I'll get you some vitals in a second.
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93 to Amat 3.
01:18
Okay, some vitals on the patient, heart rate is 80,
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she's standing at 94, 95% on room air, blood pressure, I'm trying to get one right at the moment, blood triggers of 147 and we're leaving scene right now.
01:37
Anthony 93, I got two departing to the landing zone.
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