Paramedics treat cardiac patient in Mount Pleasant, Charleston SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics in Mount Pleasant treated an elderly male patient experiencing irregular heart rhythms after a recent medical procedure. The patient received defibrillation before being stabilized. Emergency personnel coordinated with Ashley River Tower hospital for authorization to begin medication and arranged transport there.
Audio|Heard on: Charleston SC Hospital Group Calls
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
Hi, I'm looking to reach the Ashley River Tower trying to get orders for amiodarone drip.
00:07
Stand by, Medic One.
00:11
Hi, we're out to three deep in Mount Pleasant with a seventy-one year old male.
00:16
He got an ablation on Wednesday.
00:18
He isn't as rural if it were later.
00:20
Shocked him two times before we got on scene.
00:21
He just had a run of the type for about two minutes and got shocked about four times.
00:29
He was going in and out of it, so it would shock him.
00:33
And then we'd try to cardiac divert him and he'd go out of it.
00:36
I was just looking to see if I could start getting the amiodarone drip.
00:41
And right now he is in sinus rhythm being paced at seventy-eight, blood pressure one hundred and thirty-six over one hundred and three, setting ninety-seven percent on room air, GCS fifteen.
00:51
I have access about to send you.
00:56
Let's begin with this recent call, please.
01:00
Hi, this is (name withheld), the attending over at Ashley River Tower.
01:03
That's fine to start amiodarone.
01:05
Is there any way that you could call up so you could give us his name? I just don't want to do it over the radio, so I can look in his chart to see if he's on antiarrhythmic.
01:14
Yes, ma'am.
01:15
He is on amiodarone daily and I'll give you a phone call.
01:20
Thank you. And obviously proceed to Ashley River Tower.
01:23
Thanks.
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Location mentioned:
Ashley River Tower, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC 29401
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