Elderly man in respiratory distress from opioid overdose

Heard on: Somerset PA SO SCH (Hospital)

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Somerset Hospital, this is Berlin ambulance from I 581 en route to your facility with a 70 year old from Meadowview male patient, respiratory distress.

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This could be as a result of an overdose.

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He has had a double dose of oxycodone with an oxycodone patch or a fentanyl patch.

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Staff initially gave him 4 mg of Narcan.

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We gave him an additional 4 mg of Narcan.

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Be advised, this patient is a DNR.

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DNI. We are bagging him right now.

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Current set of vital signs is a heart rate of 92, sinus rhythm on the cardiac monitor with an unremarkable 12-lead.

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Blood pressure is 100 over 65.

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Respirations are 18.

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Labored.

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Assisted with oxygenation via bag valve.

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EKG waveform is 48.

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Pulse oximetry continues to decline from 95 to 77 despite bagging.

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Again, I remind you this patient is a DNR, DNI, and I've seen him about three to five.

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We'll see you on arrival.

2026-10-20 02:10 UTC

Medical Emergency

Hay St, Berlin, PA 15530

Elderly man in respiratory distress from opioid overdose

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As discussed during the dispatch call, an ambulance is transporting a 70-year-old man from a care facility near Hay Street in Berlin to Somerset Hospital for a possible opioid overdose causing severe respiratory distress. The patient is on a do-not-resuscitate and do-not-intubate order and is receiving assisted ventilation and oxygen during transport.

Elderly man in respiratory distress from opioid overdose

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