Emergency transport of elderly woman with breathing distress, Rutherfordton NC
Medical EmergencyTransporting a 92-year-old woman with breathing difficulties and altered alertness, with nursing home staff noting recent brief apnea and pulselessness.
Audio|Source: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
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Medical 40 to Rutherford Hospital, patient notification.
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You didn't call on Radley Free.
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This is Rose Free.
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Go ahead.
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Good evening, Rutherford.
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This is MediCorps, your location.
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We are 10 minutes out,
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10 minutes out with a 92, 92-year-old female patient called out reference breathing problems.
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Nursing home staff report that patient was apnic and pulseless briefly yesterday.
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Chief complaint from what I can tell is altered status.
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Patient does have pupils pinpoint at 1 millimeter.
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Sluggishness and slow responsiveness, but otherwise patient is without complaint.
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Heart rate is steady at 64.
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Last blood pressure is 129 over 61.
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I'm showing a normal sinus rhythm on the monitor.
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I do have IV established 20 gauge in the left forearm.
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Sugar is 81.
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Unable to obtain a temperature.
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She does have a Glasgow coma score of 14.
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Again, ETA is about 10 minutes.
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S Ridgecrest St, Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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