Woman taken to hospital for chest pain, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 50-year-old woman experienced chest pain and shortness of breath at her home in La Mesa. Paramedics from Medic 38 provided treatment including aspirin and nitroglycerin and transported her to Sharp Grossmont Hospital for further care.
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02:4
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, gross response. This is medic 38 hopping line mile medical.
00:04
Medic 38, this is gross response at 2106.
00:10
Hey there, we have a run number of FMSC (number withheld).
00:16
We're looking to go to Sharp Grossmont with a 50 year old female.
00:19
They're complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath.
00:22
Let me know when you're ready for the rest of the report.
00:25
I copy that, go ahead.
00:27
Copy that. As the story goes, our patient who's a fifty-year-old female is coming from a private residence.
00:32
It sounds like earlier today around ten to 11 a.m., she kind of gradually develops some subcostal chest pain and some shortness of breath.
00:41
Sounds like it kind of was increasing in severity throughout the day.
00:44
She was hoping that her symptoms would subside.
00:46
They did not.
00:47
That prompted her to call 911.
00:50
On her arrival, she was alert and oriented to convert.
00:53
She has 15 with pink warm dry skin.
00:54
She's answering questions appropriately in moderate distress.
00:58
Initial O two sat of 99%, blood pressure of 133 over 88, heart rate is 75.
01:06
Performed a twelve EDKG unit.
01:08
And this rhythm of no changes are active,
01:11
standing with a respiratory rate of 20 and tidal of 41 as well.
01:16
She has a blood glucose of 108 and a temperature of 98.4.
01:19
Patient states that she's got a history of congestive heart failure with pulmonary edema.
01:26
She has not been taking her Lasix recently and feels that she may be fluid overloaded.
01:31
This may be contributing to her chest pain.
01:36
So far as the treatment, we have 324 of aspirin on board.
01:40
We have 0.4 mg of nitroglycerin as a sublingual spray.
01:44
We have a 20 gauge AV established with her left AC.
01:48
Patient also states that some of the pain in her chest feels like a subcostal soreness, so I am planning on giving one gram of IV Tylenol to see if that helps with the pain at all as well.
01:58
Other than that note, it's a patient treatment ETA of approximately 9 min over there.
02:03
Can you clarify anything?
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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