Child taken to hospital with breathing difficulty, Frederick MD
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders transported a six-year-old child experiencing breathing difficulty and croup symptoms to a hospital in Frederick. The child received dexamethasone and epinephrine nebulizer treatment and was reported to be improving en route.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Good evening, Frederick.
00:01
Frederick County Medic 23, currently en route to your facility.
00:04
Priority two,
00:05
six-year-old (name withheld).
00:08
Trouble breathing.
00:09
How do you copy?
00:11
Copy, continue, please.
00:15
Patient woke up (relation withheld) with a croupy kind of seal bark, croupy cough.
00:20
Patient does have a history of croup.
00:24
Didn't note patient being sick or anything leading up till tonight.
00:27
Just kind of woke up with the cough and the respiratory distress.
00:30
Upon arrival, patient did have an increased work of breathing as well as some stridor as well.
00:36
At this time, patient does appear to be doing better.
00:39
Patient says feeling better overall.
00:42
This time for my treatment has received 11 mg of dexamethasone orally and is currently getting an epinephrine nebulizer.
00:52
Current vitals I have on the patient is a heart rate of 140.
00:55
Patient is 100% right now, we're keeping them on the neb.
00:58
Blood pressure 123 over 73 and breathing approximately 32 times a minute.
01:04
We'll meet your facility in about seven minutes.
01:08
Do you need any further information?
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Location mentioned:
W 7th St, Frederick, MD 21701
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