Medical emergency involving patient with heart device near hospital, Toledo OH
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services are transporting a middle-aged male patient with a heart assist device who became unresponsive and was found in a dangerous heart rhythm. The patient was treated with defibrillation and sedatives and is being ventilated en route to a hospital near the medical campus.
Audio|Heard on: Fulton OH Hospital Group Calls
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01:34
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, we are finally en route to your facility.
00:02
We'll be there in about 5 min.
00:05
A forty-year-old male stated that his batteries were going low.
00:10
That's why we got called out.
00:12
He then went unresponsive for 1st responders.
00:15
They ended up placing the Air-Q to assist with ventilations,
00:19
hooked him off to our monitor.
00:20
He was in V fib upon my arrival.
00:22
We ended up shocking him at 200.
00:24
We then had an organized rhythm.
00:26
We were able to plug his LVAD into the wall.
00:29
All his batteries were dead.
00:31
We have an IO established in the left femur.
00:34
We have we had 50 fentanyl on board, two and a half of versed.
00:42
We then went to 50 of ketamine.
00:44
Seems to have sedated him enough.
00:47
We are still breathing for him at 500 tidal volume ten times a minute.
00:51
Seems to be helping.
00:55
Rate currently is in the 90s.
00:58
Sugar of 89.
01:00
Pupils are about fours and reactive slightly.
01:06
We'll be there in like 5 min, like I said, if you want anything further.
01:11
Okay, did you bring an extra battery by chance?
01:16
We brought the charger and four batteries that are still currently charging.
01:20
We are going to have a long enough extension cord.
01:23
We're positioning our ladder truck outside your ER doors so we'll be able to make it to your trauma room.
01:31
How about T4 upon arrival?
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Location mentioned:
Hospital Campus, 2142 N Cove Blvd, Toledo, OH 43606
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