Stroke emergency at medical facility involving elderly patient, Powhatan VA
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An elderly female patient on hospice near Anderson Highway is unresponsive for several days but breathing normally during a stroke emergency.
Audio|Heard on: Powhatan County Fire & Rescue
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
Box 0202, stroke priority 1, medics 721, and EMS 702, at near Anderson Highway, cross streets out Batterson Road in turnaround.
00:12
Timeout 1653.
00:21
Medics 721 EMS702 Box 0202-0202 near Anderson Highway Long Street, Patterson Road 91 stroke, timeout at 1654 4.m.m.
00:40
702, you show you're out at 16554.
00:47
Planix 7201 around 1654.
00:55
My ex-7209-2-shear responding near Anderson Highway.
01:02
You're responding for an 85, a 5-year-old female 140 pounds.
01:07
Caller advised that the patient is on hospice, has not been awake in approximately three or four days,
01:13
eating very little and is possibly dehydrated.
01:17
History of two strokes before, and they cannot wake her up, they did advise she is breathing normally.
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