Paramedics treat elderly man with breathing difficulty, Midland MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics treated a 77-year-old man experiencing difficulty breathing near Wellness Dr in Midland, Michigan. Oxygen levels improved after treatment en route to MyMichigan Medical Center Midland. The man showed signs of wheezing and nausea and is diabetic.
Audio|Heard on: Midland MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Afternoon, Midland Paramedic Alpha on 604.
00:02
Hey, we're currently inbound with a 77-year-old male.
00:04
That's 77 male.
00:05
Chief complaint today is difficulty breathing.
00:09
Original O2 status from fire arrived on scene were about 80%.
00:12
They put him on a couple liters, they got him up to about 88 or so.
00:16
Did check his lungs and he sounded a little wheezy.
00:18
Gave him a butadol treatment.
00:20
He's now.
00:22
Breathing rate around,
00:24
I mean we're going to say 20 to twenty-four times a minute.
00:27
O two stats have gone up to ninety-three percent.
00:29
Tried an IV multiple times, unable to get one for you.
00:33
Backing down to a nasal cannula and he seems to be doing holding his own right around ninety-two.
00:39
He's feeling a little nauseous.
00:42
Just came back with the normal sinus on the monitor and that's where we're at right now, right around 90 or so.
00:47
If I didn't give you the blood pressure, it's 100 and twenty-seven over sixty-one, 200 and twenty-five.
00:50
Two seven over six one.
00:52
He is a diabetic.
00:53
Sugar came back at 200 and forty-four,
00:55
and unless you don't have anything further for me, we'll be there of all three.
01:00
Was he able to sit up in a wheelchair?
01:04
I believe he probably can just be where he also does have a fever according to our thermometer,
01:11
but yours guys are probably going to be a little bit better.
01:13
I could probably give him a wheelchair.
01:14
We'll just put him on O2.
01:16
You should be okay for the time being.
01:20
Copy that. I'm in the clear.
01:23
Six four, we're clear.
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Location mentioned:
Wellness Dr, Midland, MI 48670
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