Elderly woman shows sudden left-side weakness and speech trouble, Eureka CA


An 80-year-old woman is experiencing sudden weakness on her left side and difficulty speaking. She was last normal the night before. She has a history of heart attack but no history of stroke. She is being transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Eureka for medical care.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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St. Joe's, this is Kathy, and your time is six on nine.
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Go ahead.
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We're like three minutes away with an 80-year-old female chief complaint of new on-site, left-side of deficits.
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Last thing normal last night at like 10 p.m., she's in AFIB, around 120,
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145 over 100 is her last BP, BG is 116.
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Trying to get a little bit of a communication here, it's difficult to communicate with her, so it's hard to tell her mental status right now, but she has very obvious.
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left side of deficits that her family says are not normal for her at all, though she does have a history of heart attack, no history of stroke.
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I'm going to be there in like three, or like, you know, like two minutes.
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Near Dolbeer St, Eureka, CA 95501
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