Medical emergency following accidental medication ingestion, Winston Salem NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services are transporting a woman who appears to have accidentally ingested four metformin tablets instead of ibuprofen, experiencing nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Audio|Heard on: Forsyth NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We're coming from home with a thirty-seven, three seven-year-old female.
00:03
Chief complaint is going to be accidentally took four metformin.
00:07
She is not prescribed metformin and she thought it was ibuprofen and took four of them.
00:11
She has been having some nausea vomiting as well as abdominal pain.
00:15
Positive vitals for you is eighty-nine for a heart rate 100 % on room air plus blood pressure is one eighty-two over 104 and blood glucose was 100 and thirty-four.
00:23
Do you want anything further?
00:25
Nothing further. Please start in triage.
00:26
That's it.
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Location mentioned:
Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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