Man in severe respiratory distress transported to hospital, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 60-year-old man experienced severe respiratory distress after several days of illness and self-medicating. EMS treated him with CPAP and planned to use a bag-valve mask for oxygen support. He showed signs of lethargy and low oxygen saturation but was being transported to Wilmington Hospital emergency room. Medical personnel requested a respiratory room upon arrival and monitored his vital signs closely.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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02:28
Transcript:
00:00
Good evening.
00:02
Hello, Wilmington.
00:03
This is Paramedic 24 off Medicaid with about an 8 minute AT in your location.
00:07
Patient approaching severe respiratory distress, how do you copy?
00:12
I think we heard a vision with severe respiratory distress, go ahead.
00:17
(Name withheld) is a 60-year-old male sick for the past several days who began self-medicating with NyQuil with no resolution.
00:23
Today, with some limited exertion,
00:26
he became incredibly short of breath, almost to the point of apnea.
00:30
He then activated 911.
00:31
His original room air saturation was 88%.
00:33
We currently have him on CPAP, and it brought his oxygen level up to 98%.
00:45
He is starting to become a little lethargic.
00:48
We will probably transition to using a bag-valve mask to supplement his oxygen.
00:52
Requesting respiratory room on arrival.
00:54
Current heart rate is 118.
00:57
Correlating waveform, oxygen saturation is 96% now.
01:02
Blood pressure is 130 over 70.
01:07
The patient is 60 years old.
01:10
He could benefit from an intramuscular dose of epinephrine.
01:15
For any questions, please advise.
01:18
What were the lung sounds?
01:21
Lung sounds were slightly diminished at the bases but more ronchi bilaterally at the top.
01:28
We are starting to transition over to the bag-valve mask now.
01:33
Respiratory rate is about six.
01:37
All right, thank you for that report.
01:39
We will have a room ready on arrival and work on respiratory support.
01:43
We copy the report, this is 731.
01:48
We are going to move forward with administering epinephrine.
01:52
Okay.
01:55
You will get the protocol guide and move forward with that. We will see you on record.
02:00
Okay.
02:03
Actually, we will withhold that for his heart rate.
02:06
We don't want to increase it further.
02:07
He has a history of heart disease, so we want to avoid exacerbation.
02:11
Currently sitting at 92% with CPAP; we will initiate the bag-valve mask.
02:15
We will be there in about six minutes.
02:19
He did not hear that room.
02:21
All right, you have anything come to room three on arrival.
02:24
We will call Rock before. We will see you in about six minutes.
02:27
Copy, I do.
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Location mentioned:
W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801
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