Medical transport for possible stroke patient, Norfolk VA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical crews transported an elderly woman with altered mental status to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for a possible stroke. The patient was nonverbal, showing facial droop and limited limb movement. Paramedics administered Narcan and provided fluids en route while monitoring vital signs.
Audio|Heard on: Norfolk VA Hospital Group Calls
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01:35
Transcript:
00:00
Norfolk 12, Norfolk General, how do you copy?
00:03
Norfolk, go ahead.
00:05
This is Norfolk 12, Medic 12.
00:07
Out to your facility with an 84-year-old female.
00:10
Altered mental status.
00:12
Initially came in as a possible stroke.
00:14
Patient's (name withheld) stated that she'd been nonverbal since yesterday morning.
00:20
Normally her baseline is she can communicate fully.
00:23
Speak in full sentences.
00:25
That still not today, there's no changes.
00:28
On a full stroke assessment, she was reactive to verbal things just now.
00:33
Squeezing both my hands in both upper extremities, unable to get her to lift her legs and lower extremities.
00:40
Keep them up.
00:41
There's a facial droop at this time.
00:43
She is tracking with her eyes.
00:44
There's deviation, pupils looked pinpoint, so I went ahead and administered .5 of Narcan IV to rule that out.
00:53
Still no changes.
00:54
Blood sugar is 114.
00:55
Patient is diabetic.
00:58
Other things to note, patient has been forced to get fluids.
01:03
She seemed to be dehydrated, so I do have IVs set up to KVO at this time.
01:08
I'm going to continue based on her initial call that this is possibly a stroke and treat it as such.
01:18
We did do a 12-lead, she was fine as Brady.
01:21
Other vitals are as follows.
01:22
Blood pressure is 140 over 93.
01:25
O2 saturation between 95 and 99% on room air.
01:28
Do you have any further questions or orders?
01:30
I'll see you in about 5 minutes.
01:32
All right, see you in the back.
01:34
12 copies, thank you.
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Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507
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