Patient transported for hip pain and low blood sugar, Nashville TN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, eMS transported a 59-year-old man from River Park ER in McMinnville to Vanderbilt ER for hip pain, low blood sugar, and fever. The patient, who was scheduled for a hip replacement soon, experienced difficulty walking and increased hip pain. Vital signs showed low initial blood sugar corrected with treatment, slight fever, and stable vitals upon transport.
Audio|Heard on: Davidson TN EMS-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Vanderbilt ER, this is Warren County Medic Five.
00:05
Go ahead.
00:09
Inbound non-emergency to your facility with a fifty-nine year old male coming from River Park ER in McMinnville.
00:16
States he is supposed to have a hip replacement in two days with (name withheld) at your facility.
00:21
EMS was called last night due to the inability to walk and increasingly worse pain to the right hip.
00:28
Get a GCS of eleven.
00:29
Initial blood sugar was 40.
00:32
After twelve and a half D ten, his blood sugar came up to 126.
00:38
He did drop about 30 minutes after that.
00:41
He received another twelve and a half.
00:42
His current glucose is ninety-nine.
00:47
Cardiac sinus at 120.
00:49
He had an initial fever of 102.1.
00:52
After cooling him in the back of the ambulance, he is.
00:56
Currently 100.1 on PTS, now just due to altered mental status.
01:03
Current blood pressure is 113 over seventy-two.
01:09
O two sat is ninety-four percent on room air.
01:12
Last pain dose was at 01 o'clock.
01:15
It was 50 micrograms of fentanyl.
01:17
He's also received 4 mg of morphine, a liter of fluids, 1 g of Rocephin, and four of Zofran.
01:24
I'll give you further when I get there.
01:25
There in about 6 minutes.
01:31
We're good. Copy. Thank you.
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Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232
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