Air ambulance transports 70-year-old stroke patient, Charlottesville VA
Medical EmergencyAn air ambulance crew calls ahead to the hospital about a 70-year-old man with stroke signs. He has left-sided facial droop and weakness in his left arm and leg. Current exam shows a Glasgow Coma Scale of 15, heart rate 61, blood pressure 128/81, respiratory rate 20, and oxygen saturation about 95%. He was last known well at 1838 and has a prior evaluation for hemorrhagic stroke in 2022–2023. The patient reports taking an anticoagulant (eloquist). ETA to the helipad is about nine minutes.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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Transcript:
(number withheld), aircare 6, about nine quarters. Good evening, air care com air care 6, go ahead. Good evening, or I'm inbound with about a 15-minute ETA with a stroke alert. We're ready to give report when you get us a third year or attending. Air Care 6, standby with frequency for a third year. This is (name withheld). Go ahead. Good evening, (name withheld). Here, 6. We're inbound to your facility from a scene with a 70-year-old gentleman last known well at 1838. He has left facial droop and left arm and leg weakness. Right now he has a GCS of 15, heart rate of 61, blood pressure of 128 over 81. His respiratory rate is 20 and normal. Rumair STO2 is 95. Significant past medical history is somewhere around the years of 2022 and 2023. He was evaluated for hemorrhagic stroke, and patient does report he takes eloquist. We're probably showing about a nine-minute ETA to the helipad.
(number withheld), aircare 6, about nine quarters. Good evening, air care com air care 6, go ahead. Good evening, or I'm inbound with about a 15-minute ETA with a stroke alert. We're ready to give report when you get us a third year or attending. Air Care 6, standby with frequency for a third year. This is (name withheld). Go ahead. Good evening, (name withheld). Here, 6. We're inbound to your facility from a scene with a 70-year-old gentleman last known well at 1838. He has left facial droop and left arm and leg weakness. Right now he has a GCS of 15, heart rate of 61, blood pressure of 128 over 81. His respiratory rate is 20 and normal. Rumair STO2 is 95. Significant past medical history is somewhere around the years of 2022 and 2023. He was evaluated for hemorrhagic stroke, and patient does report he takes eloquist. We're probably showing about a nine-minute ETA to the helipad.
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Charlottesville, VA
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