Man with chest pain and fall injury transported to trauma center, Charleston SC
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical services transported a 65-year-old man who experienced sudden chest pain and fell while woodworking. He had lower back pain and nausea after the fall. Due to his age and use of blood thinners, he was redirected from the VA hospital to a nearby trauma center for further treatment.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Police, Fire, EMS/Rescue, Marine SAR
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
This is Tristan 82.
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We're about nine minutes away with a 65-year-old male patient coming from home.
00:11
He was doing some woodworking in his garage, and all of a sudden he saw a really crushing pain in his chest, and then he kind of stumbled back and landed on his back, it was not able to get up.
00:26
We got the patient back up, and by the time he was up, he felt like he no longer had the chest pain, but he had really bad lower back pain from the fall.
00:36
He is saying that he felt nauseous and that the chest pain was very sudden, so we went ahead and did a 12 leave and sent to you a year away.
00:45
He was able to walk with the GCS in 15.
00:48
He was able to walk once he was helped up to our stretcher.
00:52
Current vitals are a heart rate at 83.
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Blood pressure is 119 over 55.
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SPO2 is at 97.
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Any questions or orders at this time? No, VA clear.
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Uh,
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standby. Uh,
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medic, this is a VA.
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This is a VA.
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This child 982, go ahead.
01:18
Uh, our doctor says this patient needs to go to the trauma center.
01:28
Okay, uh, copy that.
01:30
Where should we park then? I'm sorry, every time we've gone to the VA, we've gone through the same doors.
01:41
If you're not coming to the VA, you're going to MUSC or the closest trauma center due to a patient with, uh, uh, due to his age and fall on blood thinners.
01:51
Copy that. We can head to MUSC then.
01:54
Thank you guys.
01:55
Sprach, say, see a clear.
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It's down a four special, sir.
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Dispatch copy 06.
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Dispatch 82, we've been redirected to MUSC.
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Copy. Copy.
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Near Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
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