Elderly man with cardiac emergency taken to hospital, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an ambulance crew transported an 82-year-old man from a rehabilitation facility to Christiana Hospital’s emergency room after he experienced a cardiac emergency. The patient had low blood pressure and was receiving oxygen during transport. The crew reported he was alert but pale and sweating, with some lung issues.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
This is ambulance unit A 19 en route.
00:03
Eighty-two year old male, first heart attack alert.
00:06
Patient's coming from a rehab facility.
00:08
He’s been sick for the past couple days, got worse this morning.
00:13
Refused 911 at about three AM and they called back for a mobile driver.
00:18
Blood pressure was seventy-two over pulse.
00:21
Heart rate is eighty-seven.
00:23
Now we got him at 15 on oxygen, sliding at ninety-six percent.
00:29
We’ve got rails in the right lung and diminished in the left lower lung.
00:33
Pale, diaphoretic, hot to the touch.
00:35
He’s alert and oriented. He doesn’t seem altered.
00:40
The man’s tall.
00:43
He seems a little off of these routes.
00:45
I’ve been walking and he hasn’t.
00:48
We’re about 10 minutes out.
00:49
Stand by for any questions, comments, concerns.
00:53
What was your initial and most recent blood pressure?
00:57
Initial blood pressure of eighty-four.
01:01
There was interference in the background, but confirm that the patient was and remains hypotensive.
01:12
That’s correct.
01:15
Copy. Hold for.
01:18
Copy (number withheld).
01:21
Copy. (name withheld) on arrival at (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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