Elderly woman treated for severe breathing distress, Big Rapids MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to an elderly woman in Big Rapids, Michigan, who was experiencing severe shortness of breath after being released from the hospital. Paramedics administered respiratory treatments and steroid medication en route to the hospital. The patient’s breathing improved slightly, but her blood pressure remained high.
Audio|Heard on: Mecosta MI Hospital Group Calls
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Big Rapids is coming in with the eighty-eight-year-old female patient who was released from the hospital yesterday and brought home tonight.
00:06
She’s had increased difficulty breathing and shortness of breath when we arrived.
00:10
Patient was wheezing with a dry cough.
00:17
We have given one Duoneb, one albuterol, and 125 of Solu-Medrol.
00:22
We have the Duoneb running at the moment.
00:27
She says that her breathing’s getting better, but she’s still working hard.
00:30
Probably about 32 to 36 respirations per minute.
00:36
Her pulse ox is at 100% at the moment, but we are getting a blood pressure.
00:40
Last blood pressure was 220 over 110.
00:42
Two hundred and twenty over 110.
00:44
I got an IV started from the left side.
00:45
If you don’t have anything further, we’re probably about 10 to 15 minutes out.
01:00
What’s her heart rate?
01:03
Heart rate is at ninety-nine at the moment.
01:13
Do you know what she was in the hospital for?
01:18
Negative. Unable to get that from her or the husband when we were on scene.
01:24
I keep trying to see if she can remember, but at the moment no.
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Big Rapids, MI 49307
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