97-year-old woman with weakness and slurred speech treated for suspected stroke, North Charleston SC
Medical EmergencyA 97-year-old woman showed weakness on her left side and slurred speech after physical therapy. Medical responders treated her as a suspected stroke case and transported her to the nearby hospital.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Dorchester County Medics 6 to Trident.
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This is Dorchester County Medic 6 en route to your facility with a 97-year-old female patient calling a Code Neuro alert.
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You've got it.
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Copy.
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The patient was doing some of her daily physical therapy and within 30 minutes to an hour following that therapy staff noticed the patient had a left-sided deficit in weakness,
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sensation,
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and slurred speech.
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We arrived on the scene and patient was found in bed.
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She is conscious alert to her name,
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but her left side is flaccid, which is abnormal,
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and she was unable to feel sensation in her
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left extremities.
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Checked glucose for blood sugar level is at 125, got a normal temperature of 97.2.
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She is on Elyquist for a history of atrial 5th.
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Blood pressure is currently 152 over 83, heart rate 63, showing a sinus rhythm with occasional PPCs.
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Respirations between 18 and 22, non-labored, showing an SPO2, 96% on ambient air.
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We established IV access with an 18-gauge saline lock.
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Transporting to your facility, we've got an ETA between 5 and 7 minutes.
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Any further questions, orders?
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Another further try now.
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Thank you, try that.
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Mark, on Dorchester 6, Clear.
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Near Medical Plaza Dr, North Charleston, SC 29406
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