Medical emergency involving elderly man near Hawthorne Ln, Charlotte NC
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, medical personnel are transporting an elderly man with altered mental status and recent fall to a hospital near Hawthorne Ln. The man has deteriorated health, preexisting weakness in his left hand, and is receiving oxygen and medical support during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Gaston NC Hospital Group Calls
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Medic 2 to Novant Presbyterian, request to get physicians with radio for a priority one trauma.
00:06
Okay, we're en route to your facility with an 84-year-old male coming from a prior residence.
00:12
Family altered mental status this morning.
00:14
However, last known well was back on Saturday.
00:19
Sunday his overall health started to deteriorate and he was a lot weaker, poor appetite.
00:24
Earlier this morning for a fall, we'll get it out of bed around 230 this morning.
00:29
Now the GCS is 12.
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Normally he's a GCS of 15, A and O times five.
00:33
Or currently, heart rate of sixty-four with a paced rhythm.
00:37
However, at times it speeds up and changes the morphology of the EKG.
00:44
Blood glucose 104.
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He does have preexisting left hand weakness right now.
00:52
His blood pressure is 112 over fifty-eight.
00:54
Initially, a little combative on scene.
00:57
Now he's a little bit calm.
00:58
We have an IV established.
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Hybie was established.
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He's in a C-collar and supplemental oxygen.
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We'll see you in about 10 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Hawthorne Ln, Charlotte, NC 28204
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