Patient with dizziness and balance issues transported, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a patient experienced sudden dizziness and trouble with balance. She has a history of atrial fibrillation and chronic lung disease. She is currently taking blood thinners and has been following her medication routine. Emergency responders are transporting her for further evaluation and have started treatment including an IV.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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So it sounds like the patient woke up this morning,
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and later throughout the morning, she developed a sudden onset of dizziness at 0.715 this morning.
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It sounds like she wasn't really able to ambulate around the house normally, so family activated 911.
00:17
When we arrived on the scene, we found a patient,
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sitting upright on her couch, alert and tracking as we're walking in, just complaining of that dizziness.
00:27
On her stroke scale, all we found was the unsteadiness and ataxia to her balance.
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Other than that, she was negative on the rest of our stroke scale with a FAST-ED score of zero at this time.
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As far as medical history, patient has history of atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Unknown allergies at this time, she is taking a blood thinner medication for her atrial fibrillation.
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She's been compliant with all of her meds with no recent changes.
01:03
As far as vital signs, they've all been uploaded to you.
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We're going to be working on the sugar right now.
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As far as treatment, I plan on starting an IV, and we have about a 10-minute ETA to you guys.
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Let me know if there's anything further I could grab you.
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I copy all that.
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Yeah, I'll just wait on the blood sugar.
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If it's normal, I'll call the stroke code.
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I'll stand back.
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Thank you. We'll work on that right now.
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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