Woman suffers chest pain and high blood pressure at home, Seattle WA


A 63-year-old woman at near Martin Luther King Jr Way S is experiencing chest pain, severe headache, and very high blood pressure. Her daughter called for help, and medics are responding to a possible life-threatening medical emergency.
Audio|Source: Seattle Fire
01:22
Transcript:
00:00
This is your request from Engine 30 on scene. Original call was for a 63-year-old female decreased level of consciousness.
00:07
Engine 30, talk to a medic 28.
00:25
Minute 28 from engine 30.
00:31
Go ahead, engine 30.
00:41
We're seeing a 63-year-old female who is complaining of chest pain and a severe headache called in by the daughter initially said that the mother wasn't acting normal.
00:55
We find a patient to be with a blood pressure on the right side of 250 over 130 pulse of 142.
01:03
We have a pretty different number on the left side of 180 over 120.
01:07
So we're going to get the right side blood pressure one more time.
01:14
There's a slight language barrier, daughter here is translating.
01:17
Only history is arthritis, no history of hypertension or anything else that we're aware of.
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