Woman has seizure and possible stroke at local bar
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San Diego County CA ALSGRSMT (Hospital)
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Grossmont Medic Two Five Five, I'll stroke code after the report.
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Two Five Five, this is Grossmont Station.
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Go ahead.
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Hey, Grossmont Medic Two Five Five, looking to come to your facility with a possible stroke code.
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Let me know what you think after the report.
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I'll give you a run number in a 2nd after the report.
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So, after you're on scene to a local bar for a 55-year-old patient, female is going to be a C.
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Seizure-like activity, hyperglycemia, as well as stroke-like symptoms.
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Sounds like about 10 min ago, patient was going to go use the restroom.
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She had a witnessed tonic-clonic seizure lasting about 1 min .
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Has never happened to her before.
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Does not take any blood, any medications.
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Does have a history of diabetes.
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Her sugar is reading high.
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Call on aquatic witness.
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No trauma. She was assisted to the ground.
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When I arrived, she was no longer post-sick.
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However, she stated that she's unable to move her right arm at
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all.She has full range of motion to her left arm and bilaterally to her left.
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No headache, good near glare vision.
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She does have some slurred speech.
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However, she admitted to drinking alcohol as well.
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All right, now she's doing.
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School three.
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Her other vital signs are all stable besides her glucose, which reads high.
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We're looking to establish IV access right now for fluids for that reading of high.
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With that concern of her not being able to move her right arm at all, no grip strength, she can feel it.
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She has no effort against gravity on her right arm.
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Would you like. Make this a stroke code.
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Yeah, I was just on the side of caution.
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Go ahead and activate stroke code.
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What is your ETA here?
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It's going to be a minute.
02:00
Copy and you can just have a radio map.
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Give me another.
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I'll go ahead and activate stroke.
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You good for a run number right now?
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Yeah, you can go ahead with the run number.
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One 042983 .
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(number withheld) .
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Copy, thanks. We'll see you in a few.
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Copy.
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Hey, go Montlake side, engine one, getting a Miami.
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Hey, go Montlake side, engine one, getting a Miami.
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Hey, engine one, just have my line.
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I'm just finishing activating the stroke.