Elderly man treated for chest and jaw pain in Encinitas, Encinitas CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 75-year-old man experienced chest and jaw pain while exercising on a treadmill in Encinitas. Emergency responders treated him at home, administering adenosine for an episode of supraventricular tachycardia. He was then transported to Scripps Hospital by Medic 235 for further evaluation.
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02:57
Transcript:
00:00
This is Tri-City at 1420.
00:05
Seventy-five-year-old male with some chest discomfort.
00:10
We're looking to transport to Scripps Hospital in Encinitas.
00:13
ETA is going to be 6 minutes.
00:15
How do you copy?
00:17
I copy. Go ahead.
00:19
Arrived on scene to a private residence near Santa Fe Dr to find our patient standing upright, walking around meeting crews at the garage door.
00:28
Patient reports that he was at the gym.
00:31
He was on the treadmill.
00:33
Stated he was on the treadmill for a handful of minutes.
00:38
Started to have jaw pain.
00:43
Jaw pain came on gradually; after that, chest discomfort followed.
00:46
He noticed chest discomfort, got off the treadmill, went home, and called 911.
00:53
Patient reports that the jaw pain occurred first, chest discomfort second, gradual onset provoked by being on the treadmill.
01:05
Describes it as an uncomfortable feeling under the sternum radiating to the jaw.
01:12
He has not had this before.
01:16
Nothing is making it feel better.
01:21
He was unable to report a pain scale.
01:24
Happened at about 2 o'clock this afternoon.
01:29
No nausea, no vomiting, no dizziness.
01:35
He is breathing 20-98% on room air.
01:40
Extremities appropriately on a twelve-lead SVT.
01:47
Skin slightly pale but dry.
01:54
As far as medication, we gave him a vagal maneuver.
01:58
He did not convert on the vagal maneuver.
02:00
We then moved to adenosine.
02:02
We gave him 6 mg adenosine via IV.
02:07
Gauge 18, placed in the right forearm.
02:12
He did convert after adenosine 6 mg.
02:16
He is now sitting with a heart rate in the nineties, sinus rhythm.
02:21
Another twelve-lead confirmed sinus rhythm.
02:26
No ST elevation or depression found.
02:34
He reports he took a nitroglycerin prior to arrival, but it did not relieve his pain.
02:46
Medic 235 is transporting with an ETA of about 5 minutes.
02:51
235, I copy all contact groups and we'll be there at 1420.
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Location mentioned:
Santa Fe Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024
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