Medical team responds to cardiac emergency near Newark, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a cardiac emergency involving a middle-aged male near Christiana Hospital in Newark. The patient, with a history of heart failure and prior heart attack, was experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulty. Crews reported difficulty using breathing support equipment and noted elevated heart rate and blood pressure. The patient was transported for further evaluation and care.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:49
Transcript:
00:00
Christiana base, go ahead.
00:02
Christiana base, medic eight, five-minute ETA with a (age withheld) male heart attack here.
00:07
How do you copy?
00:09
Copy, go ahead.
00:12
Christiana, 5 min ETA for the (age withheld) male.
00:15
Initially, patient had called for chest pain, had a previous heart attack months ago and had a time.
00:20
Currently, he's been heart attack with us.
00:24
Tried CPAP.
00:27
Unable to start the CPAP, currently monitoring the non-rebreather at this time.
00:31
If he ends up not calling as well, we'll do CPAP and ketamine on board.
00:36
APD shows no elevations, no depressions.
00:39
He's tachycardic at 120, ninety-nine percent right now on the non-rebreather.
00:49
Okay, just clarifying.
00:50
Sounds like (caller withheld) called for chest pain and now he.
00:53
What order is the initial oxygen saturation? So he's on the non-rebreather now.
00:58
On room air, he was ninety-three percent, but he was struggling to breathe.
01:02
Alarm sounds were clear.
01:03
He does have a history of CHF and takes Lasix.
01:07
I don't see any elevations or depression.
01:09
He's just very hypoxic, agitated, unable to tolerate the CPAP.
01:14
He's somewhat taller even on the roof either, kind of taking it off his face.
01:17
He is hypertensive, and we've tried to get nitro on board.
01:20
It's just very difficult for him to follow commands at this time.
01:24
Just wanted to let y'all know if you can have a room on arrival.
01:27
Respiratory, I'm not sure if we're going cardiac route or respiratory.
01:30
Just it's just what we have so far.
01:31
I'm sorry.
01:32
Sounds good.
01:33
We'll certainly let triage know near your ETA again.
01:35
This is about 900 and ninety-one.
01:38
Five-minute ETA.
01:42
Sounds good.
01:44
We'll get you a room on arrival back 900 and ninety-nine when we can.
01:46
Thanks.
01:48
Copy. Thank you so much.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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