Man with cancer treated for vomiting and low blood pressure, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded near Grossmont Center Drive in La Mesa for a 65-year-old man with pancreatic cancer reporting nausea, vomiting, and severe abdominal pain. The patient was found to have low blood pressure and was treated with IV fluids, ketamine, and anti-nausea medication before being taken to Grossmont Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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02:29
Transcript:
00:00
One ten, this is medic 238.
00:03
I would like to run number (number withheld) with a mild medical.
00:08
Looking to go to you with about a 10 min ETA.
00:11
How do you copy?
00:13
Copy, we're up and busy with small flow delays.
00:16
I see your sixty-five male.
00:17
I got some vital signs.
00:18
You can go ahead.
00:20
Copy that. Thank you for the heads up.
00:22
That's affirmative, 65 male coming from home for nausea and vomiting.
00:29
All right, so we're going to—sounds like the patient has been experiencing nausea and vomiting with dark stomach contents for the past day.
00:42
Patient has a history of pancreatic cancer and has been off chemotherapy for the past week.
00:52
Patient reports nausea, vomiting, and upper abdominal pain, rated ten out of ten.
01:08
Ten out of ten, painful.
01:12
Abdomen negative for rigidity, masses, or tenderness.
01:18
Breathing rate twenty-four, oxygen at ninety-six percent on room air.
01:24
Clear lung sounds, fully alert and oriented.
01:27
Stroke scale negative.
01:32
Initial blood pressure was 70 over forty-four.
01:36
Heart rate was 110, atrial fibrillation on the monitor.
01:42
Blood sugar is 120.
01:43
Temperature is ninety-eight point one.
01:48
Other than pancreatic cancer, no other serious medical history.
01:55
20-gauge IV established left arm.
01:59
Given 500 ml fluid bolus, 30 mg ketamine IV, and 4 mg zofran IV.
02:11
Current blood pressure is 102 over sixty-seven.
02:14
Heart rate is eighty-two to ninety, still in atrial fibrillation.
02:27
Medic 238 will see you at Grossmont Hospital.
02:29
We can clear.
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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