Man with confusion transported from assisted living, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders transported a 67-year-old man from an assisted living facility to Sharp Grossmont Hospital. The man showed signs of confusion and physical decline over three weeks. He was reluctant to go to the hospital at first but was convinced to go. There were no stroke symptoms observed, and his vital signs were stable.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Good afternoon, Mary, Mary, see, I'll make this quick.
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This is San Diego Engine 51 with a mild status of medical.
00:04
We're going to go to Sharp Grossmont.
00:05
Last four of the runner is going to be (number withheld), (number withheld), for a 67-year-old male.
00:10
She complained today is going to be altered.
00:12
I'm sorry, what was your ETA, or not your ETA, your destination?
00:17
Medics just arrived. We're looking about a 10-minute ETA over to Sharp Grossmont.
00:20
Medics 3 is going to be the transporting unit.
00:23
Happy God.
00:24
So it goes, driver, assisted living facility, find our patient sitting upright on the couch.
00:27
Sounds like this has been going on for the last three weeks.
00:30
His fiancee lives here at the facility with him.
00:32
Said that he's kind of just been deteriorating over the last three weeks.
00:35
He's been very forgetful.
00:37
Not really wanted to take his medication.
00:39
Not really wanted to get out of bed.
00:40
Just lethargic, laying around a lot.
00:42
And says that the only time that he will leave the residence is to...
00:45
go drive and just go get alcohol from the corner store.
00:48
He'll drink for most of the day and then come on back.
00:51
So, we found him in O times two.
00:53
He's pretty adamant about not wanting to go to the hospital at first.
00:56
We were here with SPD, and we're eventually able to convince him to go.
01:01
But he's just A&O times two.
01:04
He says he has no medical complaint.
01:05
He wasn't the one that initiated the call.
01:07
He says that he feels fine medically.
01:10
But he's unable to give his age.
01:11
He'll be his birthday, but not his age.
01:13
He's not able to answer time as well, so he's only 8.0 times 2 for us.
01:17
Not noticing any stroke-like symptoms,
01:22
negative on a stroke scale.
01:24
It sounds like just a kind of confusion slash failure to thrive.
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That's where a full set of vitals go.
01:29
He's breathing about 18 times full and effect.
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He's getting 96% on room air.
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He's 80 times 2, eyes are 3 and 4 of those have movement of all extremities.
01:38
Most use of blood pressure of 146 over 87, 146 over 87.
01:42
It's currently an 8.8.
01:44
Normal sinus on the monitor with a temperature of 98.7s in panic and a blood sugar of 97.
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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