The patient is a 93-year old gentleman who states that he went to eat breakfast but he did not eat anything didn't feel well for the past few days. The EMS reports says that when they were called they found the patient unresponsive in the kitchen chair. The family stated he was up acting normal 15 minutes prior to the BLS arrival. He was responsive to painful stimuli. They placed him on oxygen and he started to move his eyes. They noticed shaking in the right side of his body due to what the patient's family stated was Parkinson's disease. On presentation his initial blood pressure was169/103 with a pulse of 79, respirations of 11 and temperature 96.9. He was oxygenating well on room air. The patient's medical history is significant
On 10/29/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to PV-119 regaurding foot pain. SO EMT Perez knocked and was verbally greeted in by the resident a Mrs. Suzanne Truss. Mrs. Suzanne Truss was very stressed and seemingly overwhelmed and she stated that she had foot pain but before SO EMT Perez had a chance to evaluate Mrs. Suzanne Truss got up on her own strength from her bedside and proceeded to walk to her bathroom with assistance of her walker. Mrs.Suzanne Truss wanted SO EMT Perez present in the bathroom because she stated it made her less nervous. After Mrs. Suzanne Truss finished in the bathroom and walked to her bed SO EMT Perez began an assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 110/72, pulse rate of 75bpm, and foot pain of the
On 1/20/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to KC-304 regarding skin pain. SO EMT Perez knocked, announced his presence and was verbally invited in by the resident. The resident, a Mrs. Marian Fox stated that she has been having some severe skin irritation the last couple of hours and she wanted a second opinion on what she should do. SO EMT Perez performed an assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 120/80, Pulse 64, no visible lesions or abrasions of the area where Mrs. Fox was complaining of pain and no other pain outside the ordinary. Mrs. Fox than decided to lay back in her bed.
On 8/1/2015 S/O EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-609 regarding a fall. S/O EMT Perez announced hispresnece and knocked at the door and was verbally greeted in by the resident. The fallen resident, a Mrs. Ida Looney stated she lost her balance and fell while trying to get up from the living room couch and was unable to get up on her own strength, Mrs. Looney was on the couch by the time S/O EMT Perez arrived. Mrs. Looney stated that; she was unaware of any change in medications nor was she aware that she was on any blood thinners, She did recall and remember the fall and was unaware and or could not recolect weather or not she was seeing a doctor here at riderwood. Mrs. Looney seemed to be a bit complacent mentally to which her spouse said was
The case to be presented involves the details surrounding the death of Mrs. Ursuline Alfred while under the care of the Hollywood Medical Center, now named Memorial Regional Hospital South, on May 18, 1996. Mrs. Ursuline was a forty-five year old female believed to have suffered a seizure in her home at approximately 1930. She was found on the floor by her husband, after shouting “My head”, in a coma-like state. Mr. Alfred activated EMS and the patient was transported to HMC immediately. While in transport, Mrs. Alfred recovered and EMS recorded “near normal” vitals at 0800 per the District Court of Appeals of the State of Florida (2012).
He is in no acute distress. Blood pressure 120/78. Pulse 70 and regular. Weight 177 pounds. Height 5 '6".
but he did have a small area of blood coming from around his mouth and was obviously deceased. Sgt. Bowden was notified of the incident. MEMS unit #619 responded to check for signs of life on Mr. Davis and medical instruments indicated a shallow arrhythmia. MEMS began CPR on Mr. Davis and
But the staff understood and Dr. Westwood got an ambulance and reached to ED. He presented with diaphoresis, motor dysfunction, paresthesia, nausea, and ascending paralysis from his leg to the upper body, arms, face and head. He became cyanotic and hyperventilating and it turned to be bradycardiac with a BP 90/50mmHg. After five hour long clinical treatment procedures were followed for tetrodotoxin poisoning, his vital signs were
Before I even step foot in the door I could hear sobbing and the distress in a woman 's voice. I carried in the necessary equipment, the cops were actively doing CPR as the advanced life support provider (ALS) was looking for IV access. As EMS personnel we took over for the cops, we placed a LUCAS device on him, it 's a device that does compressions for you. Then, we continued ventilating the patient and placed him on a backboard in preparation to transport and move the patient.
He was wandering in the desert for 2 months, and disoriented to time, although; he continued to call his daughter’s name, and asked for his wife. He had a number of bruises on his face, and his toes on his right foot were black, in fact the toes fell off. The doctor’s had to auto transplant his kidney, except his BP dropped and the man experienced cardiac arrest. Then they ordered an Echocardiogram, which this disturbed Dr. Pierce, for she suggested that it be done first.
On 8/2/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-505 regaurding general sickness. SO EMT Perez knocked and announced his presence at the door and was greeted by the residents spouse and then to the resident in question, a Mrs. Barbra Myers. Mr. Myers stated that Mrs. Myers was feeling unwell for the past couple of days but today she was acting unusal and slurring/mubling her words and all around acting uncoordinated. Mrs. Myers seems to be somewhat disorientated but is answering all questions appropriatly. SO EMT Perez performed and assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 148/72, Pulse 101, Spo2 96%, Mrs. Myers is very hot to the touch but does not appear to be perspiring, SO EMT Perez recieved a temperature reading from Mr. Myers '
The disease that Dale Maxin has is known as Parkinson Disease. This disease has affected Dale 's life in a very negative way. It has caused him much grief. Medication helped him to cope with Parkinson for a period of time, however; even the medication has reached a point where it n longer helps. His wife is who he has to depend on with help for everyday things.
He was airlifted to a neurosurgical trauma center at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. There was pressure on the skull and presents of brain swelling and a subdural hematoma, this is a collection of blood build up in the brain. He was in the hospital for 98 das, and suffered many other major problems related to his brain injury. He had softening of certain affected areas in the brain, low blood pressure, kidney failure, pneumonia, the dangerous infection sepsis, temporary cardiac arrest and an inability to walk and talk. Years later, he has regained most of his speech but still has some cognitive problems and uses a wheelchair to get
positive steps for the future The new report outlines cost effective interventions to assist people living with Parkinson 's to achieve a better quality of life, while simultaneously reducing the cost ofthis condition to the community. It also provides practical strategies for reducing direct health care costs. This includes avoiding unnecessary hospital and aged care admissions, and decreasing lengths of stay and medical specialist consultations. To reduce the costs of Parkinson 's to the community, Parkinson 's Australia the national peak body representing the needs of people living with Parkinson 's, their families and carers is advocating for the Federal and state governments to commit to a National Action Plan.
She has damage on the right side of the brain, subsequently affects the left side of her body. She has already received treatments for last three years. Since she has suffered a stroke, she has already lost her stability. Her centre of gravity has shifted slightly forward. At the same time, she has the Parkinson disease, consequently, made her movement becomes slower than normal people, her eyes are rarely blink and she has a very rigid breathing.
I felt an intense pain shoot into my chest and neck, and I had to run to the bathroom as fast as my disabled body would allow me to. I heard my mother scream out “Dustin, what’s wrong?” but I couldn’t answer her, all of the soft food that I had tried to eat had come back up, and this was just the first of thousands of times that this would happen over the next nine months. This incident previously described happened on Thanksgiving Day 2014, I was recovering from a surgery that I just had three day prior in order to repair a hiatal hernia. Little did the doctors, my family, or I know that a plethora of other problems would soon arise.