Paramedics respond to elder with sudden weakness at home, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a 94-year-old man at a private residence near Grossmont Center Drive, who experienced sudden general weakness without any fall. The patient was alert and oriented but unable to stand due to weakness. He was transported to a hospital for further evaluation.
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Transcript:
00:00
This is Grossmont Medic 492 looking to come to your facility with about a 5-minute ETA.
00:04
It's for a 94-year-old male.
00:05
He's complaining of generalized weakness.
00:07
Last four of my runs will be 4000.
00:09
Call and vitals are uploaded to you.
00:12
Okay, the ninety-four year old man.
00:14
Go ahead.
00:16
You were called to a private residence for a ninety-four year old male.
00:20
It sounds like early this morning he was trying to get out of bed.
00:24
He just felt very generally weak, especially on all four extremities.
00:29
Sounds like he tried to get up, wasn't really able to fully get himself up from bed.
00:33
He did kind of slide himself down from the bed onto the floor, but he didn't experience a fall.
00:40
He called for his son who was in the hall.
00:42
Son was able to come into the room, assist him to the bathroom, and then when they were able to get him to the toilet, they weren't able to stand him up because he was still feeling very, very weak.
00:52
It sounds like when he went to bed last night, he was not feeling this way.
00:54
It sounds like just in the middle of the night when he needed to use the restroom, he just felt much weaker than normal.
01:02
They did activate 911 initially for weakness, and then after assessing him, obviously did reckon that he gets checked out for this general weakness that he's having.
01:11
So he was requested to be seen at your facility.
01:14
Patient's alert and oriented, times four.
01:16
Eyes are rolling spontaneously, moving all four extremities.
01:19
You have the rest of my vital signs there.
01:20
Additionally, stroke scale is negative.
01:23
Blood sugar 158.
01:24
As far as treatment, we're just going to go ahead and monitor.
01:28
We've got a five-minute ETA to your residence facility.
01:31
Can I get you anything else?
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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