Elderly man transported with suspected infection, Encinitas CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported an elderly male from a senior nursing facility in Encinitas to Scripps Encinitas Hospital. The patient showed altered mental status, suspected sepsis, and mild fever. He had a prior stroke with right-side paralysis and was alert only to verbal stimuli. Paramedics initiated IV fluids en route, with stable vital signs and no acute cardiac changes.
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Transcript:
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Scripps La Jolla Medic 232.
00:03
Medic (name withheld), Scripps La Jolla, go ahead.
00:06
Hey La Jolla Medic 232,
00:09
run number is going to be (number withheld).
00:13
It's going to be for an 82 year old male.
00:15
Chief complaint of altered mental status secondary to possible sepsis.
00:19
We got about a five minute ETA that Scripps has to meet us.
00:24
It's going to be a mild status medical.
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We picked him up from a senior nursing facility on scene staff state.
00:30
Patient was last seen normal around 15 hundred hours.
00:34
They activated 911 due to patient not acting appropriate for his baseline.
00:39
Patient does have history of a stroke in 2012.
00:42
He is aphasic with right side paralysis from deficits from previous stroke.
00:46
Just say patient wasn't acting or wasn't as interactive as his normal.
00:52
He called us out to the facility.
00:53
Patient was alert to verbal stimulus only.
00:58
Reading at 16, full and effective.
01:00
Clear lungs, clear lungs bilaterally, satting at ninety-six percent on two liters via nasal cannula per his baseline.
01:06
Patient denies any alcohol or drugs.
01:09
PMS intact times four.
01:12
We're running a 12-lead strip, sinus rhythm rate of 70 with no ST changes.
01:16
Latest blood pressure is going to be 103 over 63, 103 over 63.
01:21
End tidal 33 with box-like waveform.
01:23
Sugar is going to be 95.
01:26
Tympanic temperature 101.0.
01:30
As far as treatment, we do have an 18-gauge established in the left AC and onboarding 500 mLs of normal saline.
01:36
About a three-minute ETA to Scripps Encinitas.
01:38
Please let me know if I'm grabbing anything else.
01:42
Medic 232, please confirm negative on stroke scale right now, correct?
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Location mentioned:
Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
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