Male patient transported with suspected bowel obstruction, Wellsboro PA


A male patient is being transported to Wellsboro Hospital with suspected bowel obstruction. He has low blood pressure, slow heart rate, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and confusion. The patient fell recently and has bruising on his right ribs. He is alert but appears very sick. Medical staff are providing fluids and monitoring his condition.
Audio|Source: Tioga County Police, Fire and EMS
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276 and MCU4 en route to Wellsboro Hospital.
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Ambulance 276, MCU4 in route to the Wellsboro Hospital.
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We are Wellsboro ER, EAR, Pyramidics, 6 on mid.
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Wellsboro, E.R., Wellsboro, E.R. Pyramidics six on mid.
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Wellsboro, E.R., Wellsboro, E.R. Paramedic six on mid.
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Go ahead.
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...bound to your facility, probably about a six, seven minute each day.
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I have a (number withheld)-year-old male patient.
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A patient has not felt well over the last couple of days,
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has had copious amounts of diarrhea,
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but also complaints of confusion as well.
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Patient's general impression is he is quite sick,
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but he's alert he gets a 15.
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Patient states he did fall the other day, does have some bruising to the right rib area, belly is quite distended,
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and is tender to the touch.
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However, a caregiver does say he does have a history of bowel obstruction, so I'm tending to think more towards that.
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I do have on the monitor showing a sinus Brady of 58 to 60 beats per minute. He is hypotensive. 95 over 57, respiratory rate of 20, oxygen saturation, and 98%. I do have a 20-gauge established in the left forearm.
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I do have normal saline running wide at this time.
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Did do a 12-lead, nothing spectacular other than a first-degree block.
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Like I said, patient is fairly stable at this point,
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but maybe you might want four or five just to... We're on stage, all right.
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Over.
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Wellsboro, PA 16901
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