Patient with respiratory distress transported to hospital, Germantown MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a patient with respiratory distress and flash pulmonary edema was transported to Holy Cross Hospital in Germantown. The patient was treated with CPAP and IV nitroglycerin and is improving.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery MD Hospital Group Calls
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
EMRC, EMRC,
00:01
this is Montgomery County, Medics 708, requesting a priority one notification with Holy Cross Germantown.
00:09
Holy Cross Germantown, online next day we are, and is this for notification or consult?
00:13
This is going to be a notification only.
00:15
This is Medic.
00:16
This is Medic 708.
00:17
I'm en route to your facility with a priority one, respiratory distress.
00:19
How do you copy?
00:21
We copy. You can continue.
00:23
If you have a transfer from Kaiser, the patient came in, it sounds like she started having significant trouble breathing.
00:30
They gave her epi and albuterol treatment.
00:34
We arrived, and it seems like she's having flash pulmonary edema at this time.
00:38
Her blood pressure was up to 190 over 110.
00:41
We did give her 8 milligrams of...
00:45
nitro sublingual and put her on CPAP.
00:47
At this time, we did start a nitro bolus via IV.
00:51
She is improving significantly on CPAP.
00:53
Her blood pressure is down to around 160 or 100 at this time.
00:58
The patient does seem to be doing better with her respiratory effort as well.
01:03
I just transmitted to 12-lead view.
01:04
We have an EKG about 5 to 8 minutes of this time.
01:08
The patient only speaks Korean, so it's hard to get information from her directly.
01:15
How do you copy Holy Cross?
01:17
Holy Cross copies.
01:18
Please re-consult as needed.
01:20
I'm direct, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Observation Dr, Germantown, MD 20876
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