Hearing-aid battery lodged in elderly man's ear, Swansboro NC

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We're going to you with a 94-year-old male.

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We're coming from the cottages of Swansboro.

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Chief complaint is going to be hearing a battery that is lodged in his left ear.

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Patient doesn't have any complaints.

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Obviously, hearing impaired.

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We have vitals as follows: heart rate of 58,

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saturating at 99%, room air, blood pressure.

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Pressure was 100 and twenty-eight over sixty-five.

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Patient's acting of normal baseline, but he does have dementia.

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For approximately 15 min , no interventions.

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Do you require anything further?

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Nothing further, over.

Hearing-aid battery lodged in elderly man's ear