EMS transports elderly man with severe sciatic pain, Petoskey MI
Medical EmergencyEMS is transporting an 81-year-old man with severe left-sided sciatic pain to McLaren ER. The patient had previous vertebral damage treated with physical therapy but recently aggravated the pain and cannot find a comfortable position to lie down. Vital signs are stable.
Audio|Source: Straits Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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McLaren ER McClare and E.R, the support of Health of 3 on your 800.
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Chancellor.
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Chancellor.
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McLaren, please re-identify.
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Go ahead.
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Clare in the R4ELFA 3 Hornbound here facility with an 81-year-old mammal.
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She complained today is going to be a left-sided, sounds like sciatica pain.
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A patient had some issues with this back in April after the ice storm.
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Was seen by Ortho, found out that he had some vertebral damage in his back, went to PT, and through PT was able to actually get control of the pain and get it to completely go away.
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He's been doing good ever since then, up until Tuesday of this week when he believes he did something that aggravated it.
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So the last couple of days it's just been excruciating, but tonight he's been unable to lay down or find a position of comfort to try to sleep.
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He's sitting on the cot with a slight bend in his back.
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At this point, we have managed to find a position of comfort.
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He says he has quite a bit of relief just from this position.
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He's alert-oriented,
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conversational.
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Vital's last blood pressure of 185 over 86, 1.85 over 86.
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SPO2, 97% on room air.
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Heart rates strong and regular in the 90s.
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I haven't given anything due to being able to find position of comfort.
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Patient initials are going to be (name withheld).
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(name withheld).
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(name withheld).
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Date of birth is (number withheld).
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We're probably about three minutes out.
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Thank you.
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Near Connable Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770
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