Elderly man with heart issues taken to Sharp Chula Vista, Chula Vista CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an EMS unit responded to a call at Chula Vista Medical Center for an elderly man experiencing shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, and signs of heart failure. The patient was found in atrial fibrillation and given nitroglycerin before being transported to Sharp Chula Vista Hospital for evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Mercy Mike 229? This is Mercy 1215.
00:05
Hey, Mercy Mike 229, got a mild to moderate medical case looking to go to Sharp for this.
00:11
I think it's probably a little safer for the patient.
00:13
Last four is going to be (number withheld).
00:16
Eighty-five year old male.
00:18
Shortness of breath, tachycardia.
00:21
Let me know when you are ready for the story.
00:23
Hi, copying. You're seeing (name withheld) because of third status.
00:29
Hi, yeah, Kaiser was requested, but we're all the way in South Bay.
00:32
Just think probably a little better to get on scene at the hospital a little sooner.
00:35
But yeah, I'll tell you the story here.
00:38
So on scene to Kaiser, they found this male sitting upright in a chair.
00:43
Over the past four days, he's been experiencing worsening shortness of breath upon exertion.
00:50
Also experiencing some pitting edema, no known cardiac history.
00:54
At urgent care today, they found him to be tachycardic with a heart rate as high as 180.
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Appears to be in atrial fibrillation confirmed with a twelve lead.
01:04
Heart rate varied from around 120 to as high as 189.
01:12
Continuing vitals, respiratory rate about twenty-two.
01:15
We do have rails in the bases.
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O2 saturation ninety-eight percent.
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On two liters.
01:22
Per hospital staff.
01:23
They said they had him at ninety-one percent.
01:26
Blood pressure one fifty-nine over ninety-four.
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Temperature ninety-seven point seven.
01:32
Ran a twelve lead, showing AFib with rapid ventricular response.
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IV established in left arm.
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Administering nitroglycerin for shortness of breath with suspected congestive heart failure.
01:47
About ten minutes out to Sharp Chula Vista and twenty-five out to Zion.
01:55
Adding another five minutes for Scripps Mercy Hospital.
01:57
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Location mentioned:
Medical Center Ct, Chula Vista, CA 91911
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