Elderly woman treated en route for breathing difficulty, Gas City IN
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency medical team transporting a 75-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to the Marion Health East emergency room due to worsening shortness of breath. The patient is receiving oxygen and albuterol treatment en route, with stable vital signs and no immediate complications noted.
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Transcript:
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Marion Health, East ER, Medical One, patient report.
00:07
This is East Go ahead.
00:10
We're en route to your facility with a 75-year-old female patient from home, called out for shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.
00:17
She has COPD.
00:19
This seems like an exacerbation of her COPD.
00:23
She's awake, alert and oriented.
00:24
She got up to walk a short distance to the bathroom and back home with more wind than normal.
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She's on oxygen at home at 3 liters.
00:33
She had audible and auscultated wheezing.
00:38
She doesn't take breathing treatments.
00:40
We are giving her albuterol treatment at this time and she's tolerating it well.
00:44
She's on 3 liters all the time and we're still having 88% oxygen saturation at rest.
00:48
Current blood pressure is 106 over 73.
00:51
99% with that nebulizer treatment.
00:54
Sinus tachycardia at a rate of 108.
00:56
Her 12-lead looks good.
00:57
I have an IV line and labs for you.
01:00
I've given 125 ml volume of fluids.
01:04
Glucose is 177, unless you require anything further, we'll see you soon.
01:09
No obvious causes found around here.
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Marion Health Drive, Gas City, IN 46933
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