98-year-old male near unconscious from low blood pressure

Heard on: Independence MO Centerpoint Med (Hospital)

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Hey, MARCER Centerpoint, patient information.

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Center Point, go ahead.

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Good morning, heavy Sunday.

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Go chief, this is MARCER Centerpoint.

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Paramedic Lambert in Ventura facility with a 98 , 98 year old male.

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Chief. This is giving you an episode secondary orthostatic hypotension.

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Patient was found nearly unconscious, leaning on his walker in the bedroom.

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Family laid him down and noted he was just feeling weak and lethargic.

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Initial blood pressure was 170 over 70 .

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However, when we checked his blood pressure, it dropped down to 85 over 35 .

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The initial transport GCS 15 , sinus rhythm on the twelve lead at 75 .

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Possible right bundle branch block.

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Ninety-seven percent room air, clear lung sounds.

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Blood sugar is 100 and twenty-seven.

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One hundred and twenty-seven. Current blood pressure is 170 over seventy-five.

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He was 20 in the left.

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Forearm and we got some LR flowing now.

2026-11-08 14:32 UTC

Medical Emergency

East 39th St S, Independence, MO 64057

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As discussed during the dispatch call, medic crews transported a 98-year-old man to a hospital after a possible near-syncope episode at home, reportedly related to orthostatic hypotension. He was found nearly unconscious and weak, with low blood pressure and IV fluids started during transport.