Medical emergency addressed at Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders assisted a middle-aged woman experiencing breathing difficulty from a COPD flare-up near Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The patient received nebulizer treatments and showed improvement before being transported for further medical care.
Audio|Heard on: Forsyth NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Forsyth County Ambulance 40 Baptist.
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Dispatch notification.
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This is Baptist. Go ahead.
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This is ambulance 40.
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We're going to be coming with a patient calling from home.
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The patient is experiencing a COPD exacerbation.
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She has been having some difficulty breathing today.
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When we arrived, her lung sounds were diminished.
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She was very diminished with minor wheezing on her right lung.
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She has received two albuterol nebulizer treatments,
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and reported some improvement.
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She's up to 98 percent on oxygen.
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Originally her saturation was in the low nineties to eighties.
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Heart rate of 105, blood pressure of 124 over 93.
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After two nebulizer treatments and reassessing lung sounds,
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she does have some rhonchi on the left.
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She was recently diagnosed; temperature is 97.1.
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She has been on oxygen, estimated arrival in roughly six minutes.
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Anything further?
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Nothing further seen from room 1818.
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Baptist is clear.
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Location mentioned:
Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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