Elderly man taken to hospital for chest pain, Ranson WV
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders in Jefferson County transported a 66-year-old man experiencing persistent chest pain to Jefferson Medical Center. The patient had taken aspirin before paramedics arrived and reported no relief after receiving nitroglycerin. His vitals were stable aside from high blood pressure, and he remained alert during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Monongalia WV Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Jefferson County Medic 1106 on Bravo.
00:04
Certain number (number withheld), inbound to Jefferson Medical Center, eight minutes.
00:15
Good.
00:18
We're inbound with a 66-year-old male patient.
00:22
Chief complaint is substernal chest pain.
00:26
Patient said the pain started around 12:30.
00:30
He thought it was indigestion.
00:32
It hasn't gone away.
00:34
He took 4 81-milligram baby aspirin tablets prior to our arrival and we administered nitro.
00:49
Patient has had no relief with the nitro.
00:52
Current vital signs: heart rate 66.
00:55
He is normal sinus on the monitor.
00:58
12 lead is unremarkable, no ST elevation, depression, or acute changes noted.
01:02
97% on room air, blood pressure 200 over 140.
01:12
18-gauge IV established in left AC, saline lock.
01:17
Bloods drawn.
01:21
He is alert and responsive, lungs clear bilaterally, GCS 4-5-6.
01:26
Everything else is unremarkable.
01:28
We’ll be at Jefferson Medical Center in about eight minutes, and I’ll notify them for you.
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Location mentioned:
S Preston St, Ranson, WV 25438
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