Man transported to hospital for breathing difficulty, Waterloo IA


A 26-year-old man experienced difficulty breathing and was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital. Paramedics provided breathing treatments and monitored his vital signs during transport.
Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transferting 1 to Mercy, starting mile zeros.
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Mercy 1, Medics 334 in Rattray facility with a conscious alert, and oriented. 26-year-old male patient, got called to due to the patient's residents for a breathing problem upon arrival.
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Patient reported, he does have his history of the last two or three hours. He's been having some difficulty breathing.
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I did to get him out to the ambulance.
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He was originally about 98% on remandum air.
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Lungs didn't sound too bad, maybe just the slightest bit of wheezing.
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You have him on a Duo Neb treatment right now. He's up to 100% on that.
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Current set of other vitals, last blood pressure of 145 over 107, pulse of about 78 and regular.
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That restatory rate is not too bad either. It's just about 16 to 18.
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We are coming to facility with traffic. We will be there in about 2 to 4 minutes to request anything further.
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