Medical emergency involving hypoxia near Jonathan Lucas St, Charleston SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders are assisting a 54-year-old female near Jonathan Lucas St who fell and is showing altered mental status and low oxygen levels. She has chronic lung disease and is on hospice care, with a history of needing high levels of oxygen. The situation may involve worsening hypoxia.
Audio|Heard on: Charleston SC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Call somebody for en route to your facility.
00:02
We are coming emergent.
00:06
54-year-old female.
00:10
Originally we were called for a fall patient, was found to have altered mental status.
00:18
She was hypoxic upon arrival.
00:24
Oxygen saturation eighty-five percent SpO2 on arrival.
00:27
We've currently got twenty-five liters per minute,
00:30
non-rebreather and six liters for a minute nasal cannula.
00:36
She is sitting at 19 now, just dropped to eighty-four.
00:41
Otherwise, her blood pressure ninety-four over fifty-one, nine-four over one.
00:44
Heart rate is 117 , 110 beats per minute.
00:47
Respiratory rate is 17.
00:49
End tidal is 19 BGL with 200 and seventy-three.
00:52
Or excuse me, axillary temperature ninety-eight .1.
00:57
Trying to stack on the monitor.
00:59
I have transmitted that twelve lead for your review.
01:03
We should be there in about five to ten.
01:04
Any questions or orders?
01:08
So did this patient fall?
01:13
We were called for a fall out of bed, no injuries.
01:18
Found the patient with altered mental status and hypoxic.
01:20
She does have a history of COPD.
01:22
She is on hospice.
01:26
Her wife says that she is normally on 24 liters per minute via several concentrators in their home, nasal cannula, and non-rebreather.
01:37
Like hypoxia is normal for her, but especially hypoxic today.
01:45
So to verify the patient's on hospice, do we have a code status?
01:51
Patient's wife did not present us with a DNR form.
01:55
Copy that. Thank you all.
01:57
Room assignment arrival is clear.
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Location mentioned:
Jonathan Lucas St, Charleston, SC 29425
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