Elderly man taken to Wilmington VA Hospital for high fever, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a paramedic team responded to the Wilmington VA Hospital for a 91-year-old man who was difficult to wake, had a fever, and high blood pressure. The patient had recently been discharged from the same facility and was transported back for evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Back to Paramedic 605.
00:03
Corridor location with a ninety-one-year-old male who wants to be evaluated.
00:10
Family and home health nurse said that he was hard to rouse this morning to take his medications.
00:20
He has been running a fever.
00:25
His blood pressure has been elevated.
00:30
Apparently discharged from your facility on the 19th for the same condition.
00:37
Patient is awake, answering questions, hot to touch.
00:43
Heart rate 100, blood pressure 200 over 100.
00:52
Blood sugar was fine at 100.
00:54
He would like to come here slowly with an ETA of about 20 minutes.
01:00
All right, we will see you when you get there.
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Location mentioned:
Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE 19805
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