Man experiences neurological symptoms and is hospitalized, Dorchester County SC
Medical EmergencyA 77-year-old man near Brewer Rd experienced sudden dizziness, headache, unsteady walking, and unusual eye movement. He has a heart condition and is being taken to a hospital for further tests.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
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CEMD in progress, Brewer Road, Somerville.
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Medic 1, Alpha Response Abdominal 32 Road, 2 Road, Somerville.
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10 a.m. Fox, 1333.
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Doorpost, County, Medical, Secretary.
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This attorney, go ahead.
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Good afternoon, (name withheld).
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This is Marco again on Dorchester, Medic 6.
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Send out to your facility with a 77-year-old male patient that suffered what was described as a TIA.
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How do you copy?
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Loud and clear on TIA.
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Go ahead.
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The patient does have a cardiac history.
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He is on eloquist.
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He's got a pacemaker, history of atrial fib.
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According to the wife, a patient gotten home from walking when entered the front foyer,
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when all of a sudden he got dizzy,
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severe headache.
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His wife noticed that he started gazing to the right and would not shift his eyes.
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The patient became weak and unsteady on his feet, had to grab the backside of a couch.
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White states these symptoms lasted approximately 20 minutes.
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When we arrived on scene, they had resolved.
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Big states that it does have a little bit of a head.
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Vital signs, plug prevalence 4 were 56.
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Heart rate currently at 55.
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12 lead EKG has fluctuated.
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He's been in and out of a paced rhythm and shown atrial fib.
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He's currently in a sinus brady.
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Stabless Ivy Access, checked its glucose, BTL is at 170, got an oral temperature of 983.
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Respirations 16, clear, non-labored with an SPO2 and 98% on ambient air.
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Transporting to your facility for further evaluation of his possible neurological event.
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Location mentioned:
Brewer Rd, South Carolina 29483
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