93-Year-Old Woman With Nausea At Assisted Living, Georgetown SC
Medical EmergencyA 93-year-old woman at an assisted living facility near N Fraser St in Georgetown experienced ongoing nausea for over 24 hours that did not improve after medication. Vital signs showed elevated blood pressure. An attempt to start an IV on her right arm was unsuccessful. The patient is alert and breathing normally. An ambulance is about five minutes away to take her to a medical facility.
Audio|Source: Georgetown County Public Saftey
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corner-round chair facility with a 93-year-old female coming from the crossings of Georgetown and the assisted living floor she has a complaint of nausea ongoing for 24 plus hours no relief even after receiving most groups of zofrin by the facility we have a pulse of 150 over 80 I'm sorry, goals of 80, blood pressure 150 over 80. She's creating about 14 to 15 times a minute, nice and easy, alert and oriented with the GCS of 15. And she is getting between 95 and 96 percent from there.
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We did attempt IV access on the right-hand side. She can only have access and blood pressure done on the right-hand side.
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We were unsuccessful, so we did not try a third attempt.
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And we're about five from your facility.
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Near N Fraser St, Georgetown, SC 29440
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