Patient transferred for severe eye infection, Nashville TN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 64-year-old male was transferred by ambulance from St. Thomas Highlands to Vanderbilt University ER for treatment of a severe left eye infection. The patient had symptoms including pain, swelling, drainage, and headache, and was reported stable during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Davidson TN EMS-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We're going to be inbound here still at the emergency track with a 64-year-old male.
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This is going to be an interfacility transfer coming from near Extension St.
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St. Thomas Highlands in Port of Tennessee, coming to your ER there.
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Patient presented there today after two days of severe eye pain.
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Also quite a bit of a headache and swelling and drainage for his left eye.
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Presented there today as a possible foreign object.
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Was found to have a large infection behind his left eye.
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He's coming in for ophthalmology services because they're afraid he may be going to lose his eye.
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Currently, my current blood pressure is 170 over eighty-four.
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He's showing a gray of the monitor ring right around sixty-two to sixty-four.
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Doing that throughout transport.
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Saturation ninety-five ninety percent.
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Respirations sixteen to eighteen per minute.
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He is awake and alert times four.
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We will be in your city in about five to ten minutes.
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West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37235
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