Elderly woman taken to hospital for weakness, Waterloo IA
Medical EmergencyAn ambulance transported an elderly woman from near W 9th St, Waterloo to MercyOne Hospital. She reported waking up feeling extremely weak and unable to move easily. Paramedics noted that she was alert, stable, and breathing normally. Her vital signs were being monitored during transport.
Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Mercy One, go ahead.
00:03
Mercy One, this is Duncan-130. We're coming to you with an 85-year-old, conscious and responsive, alert and oriented times for female patient.
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This is the patient of (name withheld). She was scheduled to see him today to discuss having a procedure that woke up with extreme weakness and just was really not able to get around.
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Vital signs,
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blood pressure is 150 over 87.
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She's breathing 17 times a minute with no shortness of breath.
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Pulse is 81.
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It is irregular.
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There's times it looks like AFIP on the monitor and there's other times I can see T waves and so I'm going to call them PACs. And she sat 98% on room air.
00:55
Electric is 111.
00:58
Temperature is 96.5. She's a 15 on the Glasgow Coma scale. She denies any pain and she denies any nausea. All her CSMs and neuropines are intact.
01:10
Do have an ID established in the red AC. We're maintaining that as a salient lock at this time with a 20 gauge.
01:17
Like I said, she has a patient, (name withheld), she must go to see him this afternoon.
01:22
We will be there approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Are you requesting anything further at this time?
01:29
Nothing further. Room on arrival.
01:31
her mask and her rectum that she's been seen at your facility for previously. The pain is now migrated, and she's experiencing some different pain at this point.
01:45
We've got to see it on the cot right now.
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Current set of aisles I have for you. I've got a pulse of 90.
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Flood pressure is 1.50 over 96.
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She's 97% on room air.
01:57
We are coming to you with traffic. We're going to be there in about five minutes. Can I get you guys anything further at this time?
02:05
Negative room on arrival.
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Near W 9th St, Waterloo, IA 50702
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