Elderly woman with severe pain taken to Troy hospital, Troy MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics responded near Dequindre Rd in Troy for an eighty-four-year-old woman receiving hospice care who was experiencing severe generalized pain and failure to thrive. Home care staff were unable to administer her prescribed morphine. Emergency medical services transported her to Troy hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Macomb MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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This is Sterling Heights Alpha 3, Paramedic 3 coming with an eighty-four year old female chief complaint of a failure to thrive.
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She's 804 GTS 15.
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She's on hospice and home care is unable to administer her morphine she needs.
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She's been in pain for the past seven weeks.
00:19
They've been giving her morphine 10 mg once a day and it's been bumped off to every Q two.
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Her current vitals are blood pressure is 162 over 96, heart rate of 117, SpO two of 100% on 15 liters per minute.
00:35
Non-rebreather, she's normally on five liters per minute via nasal cannula, and upon arrival she was setting at 66 percent on the nasal cannula.
00:44
Her last dose of morphine was at 10 a.m.
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She was given 10 mg since she was also given 10 mg at 8 a.m.
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She rates her pain at 5 out of 10.
00:52
It's generalized.
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Over her whole body, about 3 minutes out.
00:57
Do you require anything further?
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Location mentioned:
Dequindre Rd, Troy, MI 48085
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