Man suffers cardiac arrest at gas station, North Charleston SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders treated a man, approximately in his sixties, who suffered an apparent cardiac arrest while sitting in a car at a gas station near Rivers Avenue in North Charleston. The man had experienced stomach issues and difficulty breathing prior to losing consciousness. Medics provided resuscitation efforts and transported him to a hospital for continued care.
Audio|Heard on: Charleston SC Hospital Group Calls
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01:56
Transcript:
00:00
One West, go ahead.
00:03
One West, twelve to medics five.
00:05
Approximately sixty-year-old male cardiac arrest, study copy.
00:12
Approximately a sixty-year-old male, not a lot of history.
00:15
Friend was sitting with him in a car in a parking lot at the gas station on Rivers.
00:20
Says he started feeling bad yesterday with some stomach problems sometime during the night while sitting in that car.
00:25
Started having some trouble breathing.
00:29
He wasn't very forthcoming on what happened other than he stopped talking to him and was having trouble breathing sometime in the last couple hours.
00:37
He was altered with some kind of irregular shallow respirations when we got to him.
00:44
Pupils were about four, non-reactive.
00:46
He said no alcohol, didn't really say anything about drugs when I asked him.
00:51
He did have a bowel movement on the self-tire to our arrival.
00:57
And best readings I could get for pulse ox initially were in the teens.
01:04
I was starting to ventilate as he brady down.
01:08
That's my fault for it.
01:11
We were already in the truck at that point, so we're transporting.
01:14
We did briefly get pulses back just for a couple of seconds, so ask them again.
01:18
We're currently working on to the loop.
01:19
It's got an IV on place.
01:21
He's got two rounds LP.
01:22
VGL initially west 48 because he's been running as well.
01:27
I'll continue ACLS.
01:29
We'll see you about 0710.
01:31
Any questions? Orders?
01:33
Can you repeat the last part?
01:38
We're about seven to ten.
01:39
We're just going to continue.
01:44
This is the Ashley River Tower.
01:46
What's your ETA?
01:49
About five to seven.
01:52
Okay, we will see you at Ashley River Tower.
01:56
Copy that.
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Location mentioned:
Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC
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