EMS transports man with breathing issues and heart failure, North Charleston SC
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical services are transporting a 64-year-old man with breathing difficulties and a history of heart failure to Trident Medical Center. The patient experienced a brief period of unresponsiveness but regained alertness. He has significant fluid buildup and peripheral edema, with high blood pressure and increased breathing effort noted. Medications had been missed for several days. IV access was difficult, and Narcan was administered. The patient remains alert and oriented during transport.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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I'm bound to your facility.
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I think I have about a 12-minute ETA.
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A six four-year-old male.
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Responded out to his resident for breathing problems.
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...and upright in his house,
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has significant cardiac history, heart failure.
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It takes a fluid built.
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I've been out of medication for several days.
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Does have an increased work of breathing noted.
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Abdomin is pretty firm.
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We've got peripheral edema.
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We got voted into the ambulance patient and had a thinkable event.
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A pretty good thing we're on responsive, or a good minute.
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Control, a minute, ten.
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Medican.
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Medi ten is clear rubber berkeley.
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17 people.
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Woke up, please alert, he was answered.
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We did do some hair last night.
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Pupils are not pretty much.
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Our GPS currently is 15.
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Sign us on the monitor, heart rate 65.
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Blood pressure is pretty high, 179 over 115.
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I have them on N-Tidal, respirations, or about 20.
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I do have them on 2 liters,
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for adding 90%.
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Patients, it's hard to get IV access, usually needs ultrasound,
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wants me to give him NARCAN-I-N.
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She's got edema everywhere, so we're going to hold out while we're alert and oriented.
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Again, we've got about a 12-minute ETA.
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Would you like anything further from me?
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Location mentioned:
Near Medical Plaza Dr, North Charleston, SC 29406
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