Medical response to man with rapid heartbeat and high blood pressure, Tacoma WA
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical teams responded to a 35-year-old man with a rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, and a brief fainting spell at an apartment near A Street South and East 92nd Street in Tacoma. The man showed mild confusion and slight sluggishness but had clear lung sounds and normal oxygen levels. He was taken to the ambulance for further care.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
02:27
Transcript:
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8.8. Channel A.2.
00:02
DL.S. Sick person.
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Indrapp apartments, 776.
00:09
8.8. Channel A2[3].
00:12
BLS[2]. Sick person.
00:14
Interpap apartments, 776.com's cheap.
00:23
So engine 10, start me a medic, symptomatic tachycardia, and hypertension.
00:30
Received engine 10, ALS upgrade[1], tachycardia, hypertension, 1455.
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Engine 10, you'll have medic 3.
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10, receive medic 3 with us.
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1455.
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Medic 3, Channel A2[3], ALS, upgrade, east 92nd Street and A, as in Alpha Street.
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Medic 3, Channel A2[3], ALS, upgrade, East 92nd Street and A Street, as in Alpha Street.
01:07
Time 1455.
01:10
Medic 3 joining Engine 10 on-scene ALS up in.
01:20
Engine 1 8-8 on scene.
01:23
Engine 1, we'll walk the patient onto your rig outside.
01:30
8-8. Okay,
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just standby for a few minutes.
01:42
We're coming up from the patient's room.
01:44
We'll be there in a couple minutes.
01:50
Thetic 3, Engine 10, we're out with a 35-year-old male,
01:54
suffered a syncopal episode,
01:56
tacking along in about, between 120 to 130.
02:00
We've had narrow pulse pressures with the most recent blood pressure of 184 over 162.
02:08
It's after 97% on room air, clear-lung sounds,
02:12
a little sluggish to respond, and slightly confused.
02:15
We'll be on the curb, you'll see us, pick a gurney when you get here.
02:23
Mac 3 received.
02:25
Now 3 in the Pacific.
02:26
She's your order.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ALS upgrade: Upgrade of medical response to Advanced Life Support level due to patient condition or incident needs.
[2]
BLS: Basic Life Support medical response or transport for non-life-threatening or lower-acuity emergencies.
[3]
Channel A2: Assigned radio operations channel
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Location mentioned:
A St S & E 92nd St, Tacoma, WA 98444
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