Woman showing stroke signs transported to hospital, Westerville OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an 87-year-old woman with signs of stroke, including slurred speech and left facial droop, was transported to St. Ann's Hospital. She has hypertension but no prior stroke history. She is alert, oriented, and able to follow commands.
Audio|Heard on: Franklin OH Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Good afternoon, St. Ann's.
00:01
This is a medic one-two-one.
00:02
Bringing in an 87-year-old female chief complaint today is going to be called.
00:09
a facial droop as well as some slightly slurred speech.
00:14
The patient lives alone, but her friend from church came over this afternoon when someone else in the same called him and said that they didn't think she was talking right.
00:26
On our arrival, we saw some left-sided facial droop.
00:31
For the most part, she's able to speak complete sentences with just a slight slur.
00:36
So we'd go with a lamb score between one and two.
00:40
She has no history of stroke.
00:43
Her only medical history is hypertension,
00:47
which she takes medication for.
00:48
We got a blood pressure of 144 over 60.
00:51
Heart rate of 90 sinus rhythm on the monitor, blood glucose of 174.
00:57
We have an 18 gauge IV to be established.
00:59
She is alert and oriented times four answering all questions appropriately, no arm drift.
01:06
She's able to follow commands.
01:07
We got about a seven-minute ETA.
01:11
Thank you, one, two, one, better time, and all right.
01:13
We'll say names clear.
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Location mentioned:
S Cleveland Ave, Westerville, OH 43081
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