Male patient treated for pneumonia symptoms at VA hospital, Indianapolis IN
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 69-year-old male patient is receiving medical care at the Veterans Administration Medical Center for symptoms including body aches, chills, and pneumonia-like pain. He has a possible fever and reports feeling cold despite warm conditions in the ambulance. Vital signs are stable, and no productive cough is noted.
Audio|Heard on: Marion IN Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Medic 42, this is the VA.
00:01
How do you copy?
00:04
Hey VA, your identifiers are going to be as follows.
00:08
Last name (name withheld), first name (name withheld).
00:11
Last four are going to be (number withheld).
00:16
Should belong to a 69-year-old male.
00:22
That's it. All right, Medic 42, we got him.
00:25
You guys can go ahead with your traffic.
00:29
He's coming to you in about six to seven.
00:33
Complaining of pneumonia-like pain, he says it hurts everywhere.
00:38
Body aches.
00:39
He denied having a fever but doesn't have a way of checking it.
00:42
He said yesterday he was really hot and sweaty.
00:45
Today the back of the ambulance is balmy 70 degrees and he says it's cold.
00:50
So I'm thinking he's got a fever.
00:52
Vitally the rest of him is looking pretty good.
00:55
We've got 84 on him right now.
00:57
134 over 78,
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18 breaths,
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100% room air with good waveform.
01:04
He says he hasn't had a productive cough.
01:08
No further, we'll be seeing you shortly.
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Location mentioned:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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