Elderly male transported to hospital for low blood pressure, Westerville OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 73-year-old male from an extended care facility was transported to St. Ann's Hospital for evaluation due to low blood pressure and brief unresponsiveness following diarrhea. Multiple attempts to start IVs were unsuccessful. The patient is alert but feeling cold.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin OH Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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St. Ann's, this is Medic 112.
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112, this is St. Ann's, go ahead.
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Yeah, we're coming to you with a 73-year-old male patient out of the extended care facility.
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Chief complaint today is going to be that he experienced about diarrhea,
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then became unresponsive.
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They assessed his vital signs telling him to be hypotensive with a blood pressure of 86 over 46.
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Put him in Trendelenburg position; his blood pressure rose to about 100 over 40.
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Called us, we arrived.
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We also found his blood pressure to be about 105 over 62, heart rate of 62.
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He's alert and oriented,
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complaining of being cold.
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We've attempted multiple IVs, they've all been unsuccessful.
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Patient is coming for evaluation.
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Initially, he didn't want to come, but based on his low blood pressure in the Trendelenburg position, he agreed to come with us for evaluation as the extended care facility wanted him transferred to your facility.
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And we're about,
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three minutes from you.
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Do you have any questions?
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Location mentioned:
S Cleveland Ave, Westerville, OH 43081
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