Elderly patient with chest pain taken to hospital, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an elderly woman experiencing chest pain and showing weak vital signs was transported by ambulance from a private residence near N Clayton St in Wilmington to St. Francis Hospital. The patient, who is under hospice care with a history of pancreatic cancer, was not alert or oriented at the time of transport.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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02:12
Transcript:
00:00
St. Francis, go ahead.
00:02
All right, I'm en route to your facility with approximately seventy, eighty-year-old. Family is unknown.
00:11
Family states she said she has chest pain.
00:14
She cannot say anything else.
00:16
Her vitals cannot be taken.
00:18
Her pulse is in the 30s manually.
00:22
We can't really get a blood pressure, but I got 72 pounds.
00:27
She's not alert or oriented because she cannot speak and answer any questions.
00:32
She does currently have pancreatic cancer.
00:37
High blood pressure and she's not medicated.
00:39
She's on hospice or was in a nursing home.
00:45
Other than that, I do not retrieve any other information at this time.
00:50
I'm around 11 minutes to your facility and standing by for any questions or comments.
00:55
Was there any family who wanted her to be transferred if she's on hospice?
01:02
The family stated that she said about 30 minutes ago that she had chest pain and that's all she could say.
01:08
She's clenching in pain.
01:10
She's like,
01:12
She can't open her hands, she can't open her feet.
01:16
But she's on hospice and the family wanted her to be transferred?
01:27
The family said she had a nursing aid in New York.
01:31
She was visiting family, and that's why she was there.
01:34
This is a load and go situation since we don't really have too much vitals on her.
01:41
So I don't have too much information.
01:44
Do you have a code status or the family's phone number?
01:50
I do not.
01:52
The family is following behind us.
01:57
Okay, are you BLS or ALS?
02:00
We have BLS right now because some paramedics were too far for the patient's condition.
02:07
Okay, we'll see you when you get here.
02:11
To the doctor number, I'm sorry.
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Location mentioned:
N Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805
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