87-year-old male faints in Seattle home, Seattle WA
Medical EmergencyAn 87-year-old man fainted twice while seated near East Shelby Street, Seattle. He was conscious and able to discuss his medical history. His blood pressure dropped but he did not have injuries from the fall. He had fallen a week prior and lost consciousness then but did not get medical help.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire
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Transcript:
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Medic 17, medic response near East Shelby Street.
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Back 17, near East Shelby Street.
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Original call was 87-year-old male fainting.
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You're with Engine 22.
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617 from Engine 22, how do you receive?
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Not a clear.
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Seeing 86-year-old male who had a witnessed fainting episode while seated last approximately three minutes we found him on all by four seated in the same chair.
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Able to converse with us about his medical history.
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At that time, we had a blood pressure 98, 54, pulse rate 63, respirations 14, glucose 129.
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He then had about a 32 second episode of fainting.
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He placed him on the floor.
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Blood pressure dropped to 76 over 34, heart rate of 72.
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He came to short.
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Shortly after got a blood pressure of 92 over 62.
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He was not sustained any trauma at this time.
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Life states he fell a week ago and had a state of unconsciousness lasting with three minutes and they did not seek medical attention at that time.
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Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Shelby St, Seattle, WA 98112
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