Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE PATIENT IS A (B)(6) MALE WITH KNOWN HISTORY OF SEIZURE DISORDER. CALLER INDICATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2014, HER SPOUSE (PATIENT) SUFFERED FROM A SEIZURE AN IMMEDIATELY TOOK A READING WITH THE DEVICE (BLOOD GLUCOSE METER). THE CALLER INDICATED THAT A READING OF 158 MG/DL WAS PRODUCED ON THE METER. THE CALLER REPORTED THAT SHE CALLED AN AMBULANCE, WHICH ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE READING OF 158 MG/DL WAS PRODUCED. THE CALLER REPORTED THAT WHEN THE EMT PERSONNEL ARRIVED, THEY PUT SUGAR INTO THE PATIENT'S MOUTH AND TOOK A BLOOD GLUCOSE READING WITH THE EMT BLOOD GLUCOSE METER, WHICH RESULTED IN A READING OF 68 MG/DL. THE CALLER REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL, WHERE A THIRD READING WAS TAKEN WITH THE HOSPITAL BLOOD GLUCOSE METER APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER. THE CALLER REPORTED THAT THE THIRD READING PRODUCED WAS 58 MG/DL. MFR REF #3009348882-2014-00002.