Diabetic man with hypoglycemia at the scene
Medical EmergencyA diabetic man shows signs of low blood sugar. He was found ambulatory and fully alert. He said he feels how he feels when his sugar is low. He had grape soda and his on-scene blood glucose was 90. Vitals: heart rate 106, blood pressure 102/60, oxygen saturation 100%. He is unhoused and medics are providing care.
Audio|Source: Charleston County Police, Fire, EMS/Rescue, Marine SAR
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Transcript:
This is going to be a 31-year-old male. He's coming from the Walmart on Rivers. He's got a chief complaint of hypoglycemia. He is a diabetic. When we found the patient, he was ambulatory on scene. He was also A&O Times 4 with the GCS at 15. But he was reporting that he was feeling like how he feels when he's hypoglycemia. He had just purchased Grape Soda. We took his BGL on scene and it was 90. He had a couple of big golfs of soda since then, so we're going to get an updated BGL right before we get there, but on scene it was 90. Patients currently unhoused, vitals are a heart rate of 106, blood pressure is 102, 60, Sv-O-2 is at 100.
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Location mentioned:
Near Rivers Ave, North Charleston, SC 29406
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