Medical transport for elderly male with respiratory distress, Cary NC
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a 78-year-old male was transported from Pruitt Health near Lake Wheeler Road to WakeMed Cary for possible aspiration and respiratory distress. He had difficulty breathing and low oxygen levels on nasal cannula, so he was placed on CPAP, which improved his breathing and oxygen saturation.
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Transcript:
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WakeMed Cary, WakeMed Cary, medic 78, calling patient care report.
00:03
This is Carrie.
00:04
Can you re-identify?
00:06
Hey, WakeMed Cary.
00:07
This is Wake County Medic 78, 78.
00:09
We're approximately 1010 out from your facility with a 78, a 78-year-old male coming from Pruitt Health near Lake Wheeler Road.
00:18
Chief complaint today is going to be possible aspiration.
00:22
Facility states that patient is supposed to be on thin liquid or thick liquids and believe that he has some thin liquids and has been having some respiratory distress since then.
00:31
Upon arrival, we found him to be having severe work of breathing, breathing approximately 26 to 28 times a minute.
00:38
Room air saturation was 83%, that's 83% on what they said was 2 liters via nasal cannula with no success.
00:46
We switched in our nasal...
00:47
can you have opened up to four.
00:48
That didn't help.
00:49
So now we got them on a CPAP at 5 centimeters of water.
00:54
So it's got 9 liters of oxygen flowing behind it.
00:58
And at this time, we got him at 90%.
01:00
He's breathing.
01:01
His work of breathing has decreased.
01:03
He states that he feels better now with the CPAP.
01:05
Last blood pressure was 144 over 84.
01:08
Heart rate sitting right around 107.
01:10
Like I said, 90% with the CPAP going.
01:13
Breathing about 20.
01:14
Breathing about 20.
01:15
20 times a minute with an end title of 30.
01:18
AP bryl, sugar is good.
01:20
Got IV established and it's GCS 14.
01:23
GCS 14 at baseline, you have dementia.
01:26
Like I said, we'll see you at about 10.10.
01:27
Do you require any further?
01:29
Charge on arrival, nothing further.
01:32
Copy charge on arrival, 78's clear, thanks.
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Location mentioned:
Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC 27518
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