Age: 45.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19, COVID19
Symptoms: Dizziness, Fatigue, Gait inability, Headache, Hypertension
Clinical narrative: passed out unresponsive; felt faint and light headed; had heart palpitations that went on for a few minutes; weakness in her lower extremities; extreme pounding headaches; unable to walk to the ambulance; respirations were dropping; blood pressure was also high for her norm; low grade fevers; fatigued; chills; This is a spontaneous report from a contactable consumer (patient). A 45-year-old female patient received second dose of BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) (lot number: EN6200, expiration date not reported) via unspecified route of administration in left arm on 25Feb2021 11:45 at single dose for COVID-19 immunisation. Patient medical history and concomitant medications were not reported. The patient previously received first dose of bnt162b2 on 04Feb2021 for COVID-19 immunization. Patient stated that when she got her first dose, she was told she needed to stay for monitoring for 15 minutes, but the staff released her at 12 minutes because she was fine. With the second dose of the vaccine, on 25Feb2021, the patient felt faint and lightheaded after about 6 to 7 minutes, and she had heart palpitations that went on for a few minutes. By about 13 to 14 minutes, the patient was passed out unresponsive. Patient stated that if the staff had let her go at 12 minutes again, she would have died while driving away. Patient stated that when she opened her eyes, there were 2 sets of paramedics on both sides of her car door and by the time her eyes opened, the medical staff already had a line in the patient's arm and had an oxygen mask on, by the time she was placed in the ambulance. Patient was unable to walk on 25Feb2021 to the ambulance, so she had to be carried to the ambulance by gurney. Patient stated also, that was more common for medical staff to rub a patient's chest to get them to wake arouse, but patient stated that the paramedic was knocking her chest with his knuckles, and she heard him say that her respirations were dropping and patient's blood pressure was also high for her normal on 25Feb2021. Patient stated that by 24 hours later, 26Feb2021, she had extreme pounding headaches and she was given Norco every eight hours but it did not take away the pain all the way. She had low grade fevers on unspecified date in Feb2021. Patient stated that her pain was so bad (headache) and she still has the low grade fever but she was discharged on 27Feb2021. Patient stated that she has such weakness in her lower extremities. Patient had a CT scan of her brain and spine on unspecified date in Feb2021 while she was in the hospital and they showed normal, nothing else neurological was going on. The hospital also did labs (unspecified) on unspecified date in Feb2021 and those were normal, but her legs felt like noodles and she was on a bedpan for four days. Patient finally got home but she has physical therapy and occupational therapy ordered. Patient wanted to report this because she wanted to make sure that these nurses were not sending patients home after 12 minutes, that was not okay. Patient stated that like her, people can become unresponsive after 12 minutes and they would just go die. Patient advised people to be kept for a minimum of 25 minutes. Patient was still fatigued since unspecified date in Feb2021, and she was still feeling low grade fever like chills, but it was nothing like it was on the second day. It was confirmed that patient was hospitalized from 25Feb2021 to 27Feb2021 due to events (passed out unresponsive, felt faint and lightheaded and heart palpitations). Patient had her vaccine about 1145AM on 25Feb2021 and she was at the hospital all day Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and was discharged Saturday night around 8PM. Therapeutic measures were taken in response to events (passed out unresponsive, felt faint and lightheaded, heart palpitations and headache). Outcome of event heart palpitations was recovered for few minutes on 25Feb2021; event (passed out unresponsive) was recovered on 27Feb2021.  Event (low grade fevers) was not recovered. Outcome of the rest of events (felt faint/lightheaded, unable to walk, respirations were dropping, blood pressure was also high for her norm, headache, weakness in her lower extremities, fatigued, chills) was unknown.