Elderly woman hospitalized for suspected sepsis, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported a 60-year-old woman from a long-term care facility near West 14th Street, Wilmington, to Wilmington Hospital. She was lethargic, had altered mental status, and showed signs of sepsis. A sepsis alert was initiated, and her medical history included a brain tumor and recent stroke.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:21
Transcript:
00:00
Calling the base Medicaid (number withheld) inbound 5 min ETA.
00:04
Got a 60 year old female.
00:07
I am going to call a sepsis alert on.
00:10
Going to a long term care facility.
00:13
Apparently they called altered mental status.
00:17
When we got there it was pretty lethargic.
00:20
A call of some and.
00:24
Warm to the touch, an end title of 19.
00:29
Along with storing respirations.
00:33
Airways maintained within NPA, 99% on six liters initially when we got to her.
00:39
She's around 89%.
00:40
One sound clinical bilateral.
00:44
Low end tidal, the skin very hot to the touch.
00:48
I'm going to go ahead and initiate a sepsis alert.
00:49
Just a heads up for your own SA, she also has an emosed DNR that her (name withheld), the TOA, is avoiding at this time and wants full treatments on.
01:03
Main pertinent history is a malignant neoplasm in the brain.
01:10
And a recent stroke with sepsis.
01:14
I think for that report, this is (number withheld).
01:17
No further questions or concerns at all.
01:18
Alert tree, I have your arrival to Wilmington Hospital.
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Location mentioned:
W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801
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