Male patient with altered consciousness at rehab center, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a male patient at a rehab facility showed altered level of consciousness and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal. He repeatedly said he was going through withdrawal and exhibited signs of panic. EMS arrived to find him sitting, breathing normally but only oriented to himself. There was mention of possible Suboxone use. The patient was treated with calming measures and considered for IV. He was transported to Grossmont Hospital for further care.
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02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Grossmont, Medi Q, hopping in mind.
00:03
Medic 2, Grossmont, 130.
00:06
Hey, Grossmont, Myelfast Medical.
00:08
Looking to come to you.
00:09
Run number (number withheld).
00:12
Calls when uploaded.
00:13
Let me know if you got it.
00:15
Copy it here, upload.
00:17
I don't have an age or gender,
00:19
alcohol withdrawal.
00:21
Have your vitals, you know that?
00:24
I'm going to withdraw.
00:25
Yeah,
00:26
52 mail.
00:27
We're going to go chief complaint of altered level of consciousness.
00:31
There's a lot of unknowns on this.
00:33
Sounds like he was,
00:36
maybe the facility we were just had as a rehab facility, unknown.
00:41
But story goes, he just started saying, I'm going through withdrawal, just kept repeating that, kept repeating that, so the RP activated 911.
00:54
On arrival, our patient was sitting up, regular tracking, breathing full and effective on room air.
00:59
A&O times one, only to self.
01:05
Unknown on his normal baseline mentation.
01:10
Moving on a certain times four.
01:14
Negative on a stroke scale, no clear signs of stroke noted.
01:21
He does answer some questions, but he's not answering a lot of our questions appropriately.
01:28
He just keeps saying he's going through withdrawal, kind of showing signs of having a panic attack.
01:32
He's breathing a little heavy, but once I get him to calm down, he starts to act inappropriate.
01:45
It sounds like someone in there said he took Suboxone, unknown what for.
01:51
His eyes are looking a little pinpoint, but he's not showing any other signs of opioid OD.
02:01
Unknown on history allergies, meds.
02:06
You have all our vitals.
02:08
As far as treatment, just some calming measures.
02:11
May try and start an IV.
02:12
I'm going to see if he'll let me.
02:13
I might make things worse, so I'll probably just hold off a lot.
02:17
Is there anything else like you?
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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