Elderly man transported with weakness and dizziness, Dunkerton IA


A 78-year-old man reported feeling weak and dizzy for two weeks with poor nutrition. He has high blood pressure and chronic back pain. He is alert and stable with no signs of stroke or trauma. EMS is transporting him from near Woodland Dr in Dunkerton.
Audio|Source: Black Hawk County Fire and EMS
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Mercy One, this is Dunkerton 130.
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We're coming to you with a 78-year-old conscious and response of ordinary at a time 4.
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Male patient coming to you from 205 Woodland in Dunkerton.
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Calls out today for a search person.
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Out there, patients chief complained is that they felt weak and dizzy and they feel like they haven't been getting correct nourishment for about two weeks.
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They claim that they have been keeping up with their fluid zone that they had.
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have been urinating fine.
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Blood pressure is 199 over 104, breathing 16 times a minute, and it's non-labor.
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Pulse is 86 and it's on the sinus rhythm on the cardiac monitor, and it's 96% on room air.
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You have an idea established in the red AAC.
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It's a 20-gauge, and it's a saline lock.
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Blood sugar to 106, temp is 98, 2, and he's 15 on the Glasgow Coma scale.
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Patient denying any short of the breath.
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Patients are dying any noise nausea does complain on a low back pain raised it as 8 over 10 and they said that that is a chronic pain for him.
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We did do it since I had a free hospital stroke deal and that was negative.
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We will be to you in approximately 10 to 12 minutes to request anything further.
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Location mentioned:
Near Woodland Dr, Dunkerton, IA 50626
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