Woman weak after kidney stone surgery transported to ER, Berkeley County WV
Medical EmergencyA 75-year-old woman experienced severe weakness and low blood pressure after outpatient kidney stone surgery. She was found on the bathroom floor and unable to walk. EMS is transporting her to Winchester Medical Center ER with oxygen and IV fluids.
Audio|Source: Berkeley County Fire & EMS
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Winchester Medical Center ER. This is Berkeley County Paramedic 982 in Rough Years.
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Your communications go ahead.
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Good evening. Be advisor in route with a 75-year-old female. Chief complaint.
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Generalized weakness and low blood pressure.
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Patient had outpatient surgery this morning at Winchester Medical Center, has felt severely weak since coming out of there.
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We arrived.
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She was on the floor in the bathroom.
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A daughter relayed she had been there for approximately a half an hour,
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non-ambulatory at that time.
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The patient does have a history of hypertension.
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Her outpatient surgery was a kidney stone blast.
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She does take aspirin daily, denies blood thinning medication.
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Additionally, she denies any chest pain or trouble breathing.
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Her oxygen saturation was low in the 92-93. She's now on 2 liters nasal cannula,
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and saturating about 95.
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Her pulse is 78, respirations are 18, her current pressure is 96 over 62.
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Glucose level of 164, unable to get a temperature on her.
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Currently monitoring with 12 lead sinus on the monitor.
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Additionally we have an IV in the right arm and saline drip.
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Administered about 500 MLs of fluid thus far.
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We're about 8 minutes down. Do you have any further questions?
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Thank you.
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