Ambulance transports man after fainting episode, Smithville MO
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics transported a 71‑year‑old man from near US‑169 in Smithville to St. Luke’s North Hospital after he lost consciousness at home. The patient, who had been feeling unwell for several days and thought he might have the flu, briefly fainted and fell. He experienced some shoulder pain but was alert and stable during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Clay MO Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Tri-County Med One to St.
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Luke's North.
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St. Luke's, go ahead.
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This is Tri-County.
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We're en route to your facility with a seventy-one year old male patient coming from home.
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Chief complaint is a syncopal episode.
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Patient has not been feeling good for the last couple of days.
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Thinks he might have the flu.
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Spent most of his day yesterday in bed.
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Today,
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He was up and passed out in the hallway,
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falling onto the floor.
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He does have some left shoulder pain—it's a sharp pain in his shoulder.
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Was a little confused, does not remember the incident, but he is alert and oriented to everything except for the incident and what happened today.
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Hello, right now I have a heart rate of eighty-eight to be a sinus rhythm on the twelve lead.
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O two sat is ninety-eight to ninety-nine.
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Nine percent on room air.
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Blood pressure is 100 and twenty-one over seventy-two.
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Blood sugar was 104.
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I do have a 20 gauge in the right AC.
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We should be able to go in here about ten to 12 min.
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Triage on arrival, Barry Road.
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Location mentioned:
US-169, Smithville, MO 64089
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