Elderly woman with severe respiratory distress and high fever
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Wake County NC Fire-Tac
03:05
00:00
Ten four. Cherry Central two, illness on TAC 4, headed to Walkerstone.
00:04
Patient's going to be a 78-year-old female, conscious, breathing.
00:08
She has a fever of (number withheld).9, heart rate of 140 beats per minute.
00:13
She is completely alert but not breathing normally.
00:16
She does have trouble speaking between breaths.
00:19
Her color changes pale.
00:21
She is clammy.
00:22
No history of heart problems.
00:24
She's taken her prescribed meds in the last 12 hours.
00:26
Final coding is 19 delta two.
00:29
Final copy.
00:30
Engine five from Cary Central.
00:31
Medic 21 on TAC 40 , we did not copy EMD.
00:34
You said you did not copy EMD?
00:37
Correct, did not.
00:38
Central, medic two one, your patient's a seventy-eight year old female, conscious, breathing.
00:43
She's got a fever of (number withheld).9 , heart rate of 140 beats per minute.
00:48
She is completely alert but not breathing normally.
00:51
She does have trouble speaking between breaths.
00:54
Her color change is pale.
00:55
She is clammy.
00:57
No history of heart problems.
00:58
She's taking her prescribed meds in the last 12 h , and final coding is a 19 delta two.
01:05
Copy, thank you.
01:06
Engine five from Cary Central.
01:09
Ten four, we're processing another call for (number withheld) Walkerstone Drive.
01:14
I believe it's going to be a fall call.
01:16
If it gets fired, do you want us to dispatch out a separate unit?
01:21
Just let us know what you got on the channel.
01:23
We can split our crews.
01:24
I need to dispatch another unit.
01:26
Copy. Engine five from Cary Central.
01:29
Go ahead. Send for that 2nd patient.
01:31
Is going to be, looks like a couple doors down in room (number withheld).
01:35
It's going to be for a 83 year old male that fell.
01:38
A CAD did not recommend a fire unit, but we have put this out for another EMS unit.
01:44
Copy that.
01:47
Engine five, that patient.
01:48
Copy that patient.
01:51
Engine five to carry.
01:52
Engine five.
01:55
Did the 2nd call with no fire unit.
01:58
Does it have a tag channel?
02:00
Negative.
02:02
Whatever EMS unit comes up though, if they come up, it'll be on PSAC 39.
02:07
Copy that. We passed that 2nd patient.
02:09
Patient stable in a wheelchair.
02:13
Slight gas to the right eye.
02:16
If you just give them an update.
02:18
Whenever they get here, but that patient's stable in a wheelchair at the desk.
02:23
Copy, thank you for the info.
02:25
No problem, thank you.
02:28
Engine five, the EMS responder.
02:30
Medic 21 , are you on the channel?
02:33
For engine five's calling you.
02:37
Go ahead.
02:39
78-year-old female, semi-conscious.
02:43
Got a blood pressure of 198
02:46
over 80.
02:48
Sat in at 90% on three liters via nasal cannula.
02:53
Has a temperature of 104.8.
02:56
Working on getting the rest of the vitals.
03:00
Copy, thank you.
03:01
We're about 2 mi out.
03:04
Copy that.