Medical emergency at correctional facility, Newark DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a forty-nine-year-old woman at a women's correctional facility in Newark, Delaware, experienced severe shortness of breath and wheezing, possibly related to asthma. EMS personnel provided oxygen and other treatment, reporting improvement in oxygen levels to ninety-five percent. She was transported to Christiana Hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:57
Transcript:
00:00
Forty-nine year old shortness of breath.
00:01
How do you copy this? Are you loud and clear? Forty-nine-year-old female shortness of breath.
00:07
Go ahead.
00:10
Dispatch, we're calling you from the women's correctional facility for a forty-nine-year-old female experiencing shortness of breath.
00:18
Their oxygen level dropped to 70 percent.
00:22
Oxygen level was sixty-eight.
00:26
She was seen at the facility around 6 a.m.
00:30
We have zero on board right now.
00:35
Severe wheezing in the lungs.
00:37
She is reporting a history of asthma.
00:42
Patient’s condition fluctuating, GCS 8 times 4.
00:48
Currently on two liters nasal cannula with treatment, oxygen up to ninety-five percent.
00:56
All other vitals are stable, standing by for any concerns.
01:00
Thanks, Mike.
01:02
What is your ETA? Copy.
01:05
ETA about six minutes; coming in BLS with no medics on board.
01:11
No problem.
01:13
Is she improving with treatment? Copy.
01:17
She reports some improvement but remains weak.
01:25
Responds only to sternum rub.
01:31
Okay, we'll have a room ready on arrival.
01:34
Stand by, copy.
01:37
Standing by for room assignment.
01:40
All right, medic, proceed to room three on arrival.
01:43
That's room three, copy.
01:46
Copy, room three on arrival.
01:47
After reevaluation, wheezing persists in both lungs.
01:52
ETA approximately four minutes, room three.
01:56
A22, clear the channel.
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Location mentioned:
Ogletown Stanton Rd, Newark, DE 19718
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