Elderly man transported for low oxygen and blood pressure, Encinitas CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an ambulance crew transported an 85-year-old man from a post-acute facility to Scripps Encinitas Hospital after staff noted low blood pressure, low oxygen, and lethargy. The patient had previously refused transport but required evaluation due to declining condition and do-not-resuscitate status.
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Transcript:
00:00
This is (name withheld).
00:02
Good morning, Scripps Encinitas.
00:04
This is AirCare VOS Unit 85, run number (number withheld).
00:10
Are you clear to copy and accept a moderate status medical ETA of about 30 minutes?
00:16
Thank you again.
00:19
This is AirCare VOS Unit 85 coming today from (name withheld) post-acute, an 85-year-old male chief complaint being abnormal vital signs.
00:29
Story goes the 26th.
00:31
The staff noticed a low BP, low oxygen, and lethargy.
00:37
His doctor wanted him to go out, but the patient refused.
00:41
He continued to refuse, but his ANO status is now one and cannot refuse.
00:50
This patient is DNR selective treatment.
00:54
Staff took BP multiple times this morning, sitting around systolic with.
00:59
Was at eighty-four, and diastolic around fifty-five.
01:03
Break.
01:05
Vitals showed A times one, not at baseline.
01:11
BP was eighty-two over fifty-eight.
01:13
Heart rate was around thirty-four.
01:17
SpO2 was eighty-five on four liters per minute.
01:21
Temperature was ninety-seven; BGL pending.
01:28
Thanks, we'll see you when you get here.
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Location mentioned:
Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
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