Paramedics transport elderly patient with stroke symptoms, Madison WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded to a medical emergency involving a 90-year-old woman with stroke-like symptoms, tremors, and high blood pressure. She was awake and alert but experiencing difficulty with balance and headache. Medic 7 transported her to UW Hospital for evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
City Medic 7, currently 5 to 7 minutes off from your facility with a medical yellow patient.
00:04
90-year-old patient coming from home describing possible stroke-like symptoms.
00:10
The patient has been noting tremors on and off all day, difficulty with balance and walking.
00:17
She had a frontal headache that radiated to the back and now back to the front.
00:23
Awake, alert, oriented by 4.
00:25
No facial asymmetry or unilateral weakness noted.
00:31
Currently, a blood pressure of 218 over 122, heart rate 78.
00:37
Oxygen saturation at 95% on room air with a blood sugar of 203, 12 lead,
00:43
showing ventricular-based rhythm,
00:46
no acute changes noted.
00:50
We'll continue to monitor and report any changes.
00:53
Do you have questions or concerns from Medic 7?
00:56
Is there any last known well time? Any blood thinners by any chance?
01:01
No blood thinners noted in chart review, and the patient can't give an exact last known well.
01:08
She says the headache may have started around 10 o'clock.
01:12
Good. We'll see you soon at UW Hospital.
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Location mentioned:
Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792
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