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The patient is a 93-year-old gentleman who states that he went in to eat breakfast but he did not eat anything. He did not feel well the past few days. EMS reports say that when they were all they found the patient unresponsive in the kitchen chair. The family stated he was acting normal 15 minutes prior to the BLS arrival. He was responsive to painful stimuli. They put him on oxygen and started to move his eyes and they noticed shaking in the right side of his body due to the patient's family stated was Parkinson's disease. On presentation his BP, initial blood pressure was 116/100 with a pulse is 79, respirations of 11 and temperature 96.9 oxygenating well on room air. The patient's medical history is significant for hypertension,

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