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This is San Marcos 1430.
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San Marcos, this is Air Care BLS Unit 72.
00:06
Are you clear to copy and provide medical direction?
00:12
We are currently on scene with our patient.
00:16
Patient is requesting, patient is A and O times four and is requesting to be taken to the VA hospital.
00:25
Nearest facility is going to be Tri City Hospital.
00:28
I just wanted clarification based on patient's chief complaint of being shortness of breath and tightness of the chest.
00:39
I just wanted to clarify if we should go to nearest facility per San Diego protocol or if we were clear to take him to the VA.
00:47
Well, I need an age of the patient and our vital signs.
00:54
We have a (number withheld)-year-old male,, and vitals are going to be as follows.
01:01
We have a blood pressure of 160 over 80, a pulse rate of 64.
01:06
Patient is 98 on room oxygen.
01:09
That's a temperature of 97.2.
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And as I said before, patient is in and out times four.
01:15
Do you have any chest pain right now?
01:20
Patients reporting severe tightness with a dull pain.
01:24
Yeah, I mean, I would recommend going to the nearest hospital and/or upgrading to ALS.