Elderly man transported for breathing issues, Winston Salem NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported an 82-year-old man from a nursing facility to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center due to shortness of breath related to possible pneumonia and COPD.
Audio|Heard on: Forsyth NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We're getting routine traffic with an 82-year-old male.
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He's coming from a nursing facility.
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Facility says that he's been having shortness of breath over the past day or so.
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He came to them from Forsyth Hospital with pneumonia.
00:14
He does have COPD.
00:16
He's sitting normally spaced in the lower 90s with his two liters.
00:19
I currently have him on six liters and a DLNF, and he's at 95 currently.
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He's 80 heart rate, breathing about 20 times per minute.
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South Florence, a minute.
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Last blood pressure was 140 over 60.
00:30
We should be at your facility in about ten.
00:33
And how old was this patient? She's eighty-two.
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Location mentioned:
Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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