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Morning, Upper Chesapeake, Harford County Medic 3111 in Ratchford area.
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Priority two, (number withheld), (number withheld) male, sickle cell anemia.
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copy? I copy. Patient's coming from home. Reportedly stood up to get out of bed, then his wife found him on the floor.
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No obvious signs of injury from the fall, and there's nothing around him that he appeared to have hit his head on.
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There's no bleeding or anything like that.
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Patient had gallbladder surgery several weeks ago.
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Apparently, there were some clotting complications with that.
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He reported some intermittent abdominal pain throughout the night, but he's not reporting any right now.
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On our arrival, patient was still on the ground, a little pale and cool.
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We tried to stand him up to sit him in a chair.
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Patient had a syncopal episode.
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Regained consciousness after about 30 s and was fully alert and oriented with no postictal type period.
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However, he was still very cool, pale, diaphoretic with absent radial pulses.
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Initial blood pressure was sixty-five over thirty-five.
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Vital to have right now: heart rate is 80 in a paced rhythm, which is otherwise unremarkable.
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Satting ninety-nine percent on room air.
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About twenty-four respirations, end tidal of twenty-six.
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SpO two eighty-five, eighty-five over five-one.
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I have IV access and giving him fluids.
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I'll see you guys in about 8 min .
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Do you have any questions for me? No questions.
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