Elderly female with altered mental status at care home, Eureka CA
Medical EmergencyAn elderly female with dementia at Fry's Care Home showed altered mental status and was difficult to rouse. Paramedics responded with advanced life support treatment.
Audio|Source: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and North
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Transcript:
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City for Code 2[1] Level 2 Medical.
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St. Joe, City for her, this is Paramedic Ashley and Rotsby with a Code 2[1] Level 2 ALS[2] Medical on board.
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I have a 78-year-old female coming from Fry's Care Home.
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She's complaint of altered mental status.
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Patient has a baseline confusion due to dementia, however, staff today say that she's been acting less like her normal self since approximately 5:30 this evening, to the point where she is difficult to rouse, which is not her baseline.
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She is responsive to painful stimuli primarily.
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She's borderline sinus brady between 50.
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50 to 60 on the monitor.
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VG came back at 144-144.
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Our other vitals are within normal limits.
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Working on the ALS[2] were altered and we'll be at your back door in about two minutes.
Police codes explained
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Code 2: Urgent response without lights and sirens (expedite, non-emergency)
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ALS: Advanced Life Support (medical response level)
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Near Fern St, Eureka, CA 95503
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