Elderly woman with vascular dementia declines rapidly
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Roane County Fire and EMS
02:30
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Central Medic One, you should respond (number withheld) Pine Lane, (number withheld) Pine Lane in Northwood for a 51 male status change.
00:07
Central Clear 10-14.
00:21
Special medic two, need you to respond to the bridge (number withheld) Roane State Highway in Rockwood for a priority one breathing problem.
00:28
Central 1315.
00:38
Special medic one, 2nd page.
00:47
Second page, need you to respond (number withheld) Pine Lane in Rockwood for party on mental status change.
00:52
Special medic one, 2nd page.
01:03
Medic two, I copy.
01:05
Call came in at 1013 .
01:06
You're dispatched at 1014 .
01:08
Ten are out at 1017 .
01:10
You're responding to the bridge, (number withheld) Roane State Highway in Rockwood.
01:15
To me, room (number withheld) , (number withheld) is a boy.
01:19
Have a seventy-eight year old male having trouble breathing, not responsive.
01:22
Oxygen stats in the eighties.
01:24
On two liters of O two.
01:26
He is gasping for breath.
01:27
Has history of gallbladder issues.
01:33
General .
01:37
Medic one, I copy.
01:38
Call came in at 1010 .
01:39
You are dispatched to 1013 .
01:41
In route at 1018 .
01:43
Responding to (number withheld) Pine Lane, (number withheld) Pine Lane in Rockwood.
01:47
Priority one mental status change.
01:50
Have a 86 year old female.
01:53
Caller is with the daughter of the female.
01:55
She's advised that the mother's condition has declined rapidly over the last 18 h .
02:02
Seems very wobbly.
02:03
Has vascular dementia and history of stroke.
02:06
I don't know if she's having many strokes or if it's the dementia getting worse.
02:10
She's almost fallen three times yesterday and unable to get up and down.
02:17
She gets sweaty and flushed when she has the little episodes.
02:21
Doesn't show signs of stroke, just gets a little short of breath after it passes.
02:27
She gets better.
02:28
Caller is with her mother at this time.
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