Patient with dislodged PICC line transported to hospital, Mansfield TX
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel are transporting a 77-year-old male patient to Methodist Mansfield Hospital after his PICC line became dislodged. The patient is stable with normal vital signs and no bleeding. The patient has dementia and was receiving antibiotics through the line.
Audio|Heard on: Tarrant TX Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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This is Arlington Medic 28 with Friday 3 traffic.
00:03
Mansfield, they are.
00:04
This is Arlington Medic 28.
00:07
We are en route to your facility with the 77-year-old male.
00:10
Chief complaint is PICC line dislodgement.
00:16
I believe that the patient was receiving antibiotics through this line.
00:22
He and his wife are Spanish speaking only,
00:26
but to my understanding, he had been getting antibiotics for, I think, the past 10 days,
00:34
the PICC line became dislodged today.
00:37
There's no bleeding or anything from the site.
00:40
Per the wife, the patient is acting to his baseline, she does state that he has dementia.
00:47
His heart rate has been in the 80s, sinus on the monitor, 12 lead was unremarkable, his saturation is 98, breathing 20 times a minute with an end-tidal of 26, last blood pressure, 117 over 57.
01:02
We got glucose of 85 and he's afebrile with a temp of 97.9.
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We should be there in about 8 minutes.
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Are there any questions? No question.
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See when you get here.
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Location mentioned:
E Broad St, Mansfield, TX 76063
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