Man with heart arrhythmia taken to hospital, North Kansas City MO
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics in North Kansas City, Missouri, responded to a medical emergency involving a 63-year-old man who had fainting episodes, low blood pressure, and an irregular rapid heartbeat after recently leaving rehabilitation following hip surgery. He was treated and transported to North Kansas City Hospital.
Audio|Heard on: Clay MO Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Paramedic (name withheld), we're a few minutes out with a 63-year-old male.
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He's coming from home.
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He lives by himself.
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A neighbor who visits him daily found him having episodes of syncope and called EMS.
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We observed the same kind of thing.
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He's also hypotensive.
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And he had a rapid heart rate around 180 or so.
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It looked like AFib.
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He's on a diltiazem infusion now, feeling a lot better, and his heart rate has come down.
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He's still got low blood pressure.
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Glasgow score is 15.
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Blood pressure is 83 over 53.
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Heart rate is AFIB.
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Looks like 110 plus or minus.
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Respiratory rate is 18.
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Oxygen saturation is 97.
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Blood sugar reads 213.
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IV attempt failed.
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It sounds like he discharged himself from rehab last night against medical advice,
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after two weeks following a hip replacement.
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We're arriving in a few minutes.
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Any questions?
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North Kansas City, MO
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