97-year-old female with altered consciousness at home, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 97-year-old female at a private residence showed confusion, altered consciousness, and trouble speaking starting the previous evening. Medical responders found no stroke signs but noted cognitive changes. She has a history of diabetes and hypertension and was taken to Palomar Poway Hospital for evaluation.
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02:40
Transcript:
00:00
Thank you. We arrived on scene to a private residence to find a 97, 97-year-old female today.
00:08
Chief complaint is going to be of altered LOC.
00:13
Family states that starting last night,
00:17
around 20,00,
00:19
patient started to act altered a little confused so they went ahead and then it continued into today and into the night and it got a little worse so they called 9-1-1 when we arrived off the patient is a note times one only to name
00:40
She is negative on the stroke scale for us.
00:42
She does have good equal grips, no facial droop,
00:45
no arm drift, good equal hand grips.
00:48
She does have a little bit of a repetitive questioning going on and it may seem that she does seem to have a little trouble formulating some words.
01:00
Family says that's a little off for her and they state that she's very sharp and that she's usually fully oriented and will answer all questions appropriately.
01:10
And since starting last night around 2000, it has become worse until she got to this point.
01:18
And as far as vital signs, blood pressure is 154 over 90, 154 over 90.
01:24
She's breathing at 16 a minute, clear long sound, 98% of room air, skin signs are all normal, 98.0 to panic temperature,
01:32
sinus attack at 108, 108,
01:35
we got a blood sugar of 205, 205.
01:38
Patient does have a medical history of diabetes and hypertension.
01:45
So yeah, so last thing normal is going to be last night around 20,00,
01:49
and then confusion that's just been increasing over since that time,
01:56
with a little bit of repetitive questioning going on and a little bit of trouble formulating somewhere.
02:01
So I don't know if you wanted to make that a stroke code or not,
02:05
since kind of out of the window.
02:07
ETA, about five minutes of Palomar Medical Center Poway, let me know what they say.
02:11
Um,
02:12
you said the last be normal is, uh, 2,100?
02:18
2000,
02:20
200. So 8 p.m.
02:21
8 p.m. last night.
02:23
Okay,
02:25
um,
02:26
they're technically in the window.
02:28
What are you putting for your BFAS?
02:31
Medics 42, what is the BFAS score?
02:35
BFAS is going to be a one, just a one on that just for possible abnormal speech.
02:40
That's all we got.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA 92064
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