Man with breathing trouble taken to hospital, Cambridge MA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services transported a male patient to Cambridge Hospital after he experienced worsening breathing due to a COPD exacerbation. The patient was stabilized en route and was expected to arrive shortly.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We're coming with a fifty-one year old male.
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Chief complaint is COPD exacerbation, significantly increased work of breathing, initially oxygen levels in the low nineties on room air.
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Audible wheezes in both lower lobes of the lungs.
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He is currently at ninety-eight percent oxygen after brief ventilation.
00:19
We have 100 mg of Solu-Cortef on board right now.
00:23
No other interventions at this time.
00:25
He is sinus tachycardic, heart rate in the hundreds.
00:27
Blood pressure is 150 systolic.
00:29
No other complaints right now.
00:31
We'll be at your facility in approximately two minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Camelia Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
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