89-year-old man suspected stroke en route to hospital, Davenport IA
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Medical EmergencyAn 89-year-old man in rural Alpha experienced sudden right-sided weakness and facial droop, suspected stroke. He is being transported by ambulance to Genesis hospital under advanced life support stroke protocol.
Audio|Heard on: Davenport and Quad Cities Metro Police, Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
This is just basically a preliminary call.
00:02
We're going to be calling a stroke alert for an 89-year-old male patient who is coming to you from near Alpha, Illinois.
00:09
We're transporting with Tri-County Ambulance 1 King 14 at this time.
00:13
A patient had an acute onset of right-sided weakness when he woke up in about 10 minutes to 7 this evening.
00:24
Patients got no previous history of strokes at all.
00:28
Left side of facial droop, left side of tongue deviation,
00:32
Weak right-hand grasp, unable to hold up his left arm for stroke scale,
00:38
Is able to identify daily objects quickly and correctly.
00:42
We're going to be treating ALS following stroke protocol, or you guys are going to be able to accept them.
00:51
Yes, we can accept him.
00:55
Okay, we're probably about, I'd say,
00:59
15 to 20 minutes out right now due to weather conditions.
01:02
I'll re-contacts when we're closer to your facility with current vital signs and everything.
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Davenport, IA
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