Elderly man hospitalized after medication overdose, Lansing MI
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As discussed during the dispatch call, lansing Township paramedics transported a 98-year-old man from an assisted living facility to Sparrow Main ER after he was given three times his prescribed dose of metoprolol. The patient remained stable with low blood pressure and normal heart rhythm during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Shiawassee MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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This is Lansing Township, Medic 52.
00:01
How do you copy?
00:03
Hey Sparrow, this is Lansing Township Medic 52 en route with a 98-year-old male coming from an assisted living facility.
00:12
Patient received the wrong list of medications today.
00:17
He received three times the amount of metoprolol and I had to leave all the meds given.
00:26
Patient is alert and oriented per normal with us.
00:30
His initial blood pressure was 82 over 90.
00:34
Got a sugar of 100.
00:37
Got an accelerated atrial ventricular rhythm on the monitor at a rate of 96.
00:43
Transmitted that twelve lead to you.
00:46
I got a 20 gauge in the left.
00:49
We got normal saline going.
00:52
It's now 102 over 67.
00:56
Oxygen saturation is good at 96. Arrival in about 7 minutes.
01:02
Nothing further.
01:03
We're seeing seven's first clear.
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Lansing, MI
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