Medical emergency with heart rhythm issue en route to hospital, Traverse City MI
An EMS unit is transporting a 59-year-old male patient with a dangerous heart rhythm called ventricular tachycardia. The patient was treated with intravenous lidocaine and has stable vital signs. He is awake and breathing on room air while en route to Munson hospital in Traverse City, Michigan.
Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Monsignar, Monsignar, O'Mair, Elmira, Alpha 71, 71 traffic.
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This is Munson.
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Go ahead.
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Monson, So Myra, Alpha 71,
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inbound of a 59-year-old male.
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Chief complaint today originally was 4 out of 10, justice comfort and diaphoresis.
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On our arrival got him on the monitor, he was in ventricular tachycardia at a rate of 220.
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Regular wide complex, otherwise stable pressure 118 over 76.
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Currently,
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he's sitting 100 percent on room air.
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IV placed for precaution,
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IV's established, so far he's had.
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100 milligrams of lidocaine.
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Our rates came down to about 180.
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Still regular.
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No changes as far as this complaint.
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We went on 45-23 at the office.
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20-05.
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Other than that, we're about 15 minutes out.
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I don't have anything further.
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Could you repeat what med gave again?
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He's had lidocaine, 100 milligrams, IV push.
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He never lost consciousness or anything.
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September 9, 416.
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Pere 46.
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Negative. He's alert and oriented times 4.
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All right, nothing further.
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Revenor arrival, that's clear.
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Alpha 70 wants to clear.
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He did say he had a history of this,
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events.
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Okay, thank you.
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