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Trauma patient transferred from hospital due to decompression sickness, Wilmington NC

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S 17th St, Wilmington, NC 28401

A patient weighing 103 kilograms with decompression sickness was transferred from New Hanover Hospital to Duke Hospital for further treatment. The patient was on a high-flow oxygen mask during transport.

Audio|Source: Brunswick County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, NC Highway Patrol
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Apparently, if one need of weather checks from New Hanover to Duke.
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Okay,
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fine.
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All right, apparently going weather acceptable.
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AirLink-1.
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Have a 103-kilogram patient at New Hanover in trauma room A, going to Duke D-D, because decompression sickness will be on 100 percent, excuse me, 15 liters non-rebreather.
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Time is 1909.

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S 17th St, Wilmington, NC 28401

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