Elderly woman treated for breathing issues, Cedar Rapids IA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a possible respiratory issue involving an elderly woman near 10th St SE in Cedar Rapids. The patient appeared weak and was experiencing coughing and wheezing. After treatment, her condition reportedly improved before transport to Mercy Cedar Rapids ER.
Audio|Heard on: Linn IA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
Good morning, Mercy 46, inbound to your location.
00:02
Sorry about the short ETA, about 2 minutes.
00:04
Report having a 99-year-old.
00:07
Female patient, Dr. (name withheld).
00:08
(Name withheld) called us to her apartment near 10th St SE for generalized weakness and a cough.
00:14
Patient could be heard with respiratory wheezes as soon as we walked into the apartment.
00:19
I want to call it non-productive cough since about Monday.
00:26
Very rarely she will bring something up with it.
00:28
When she does, it is yellow.
00:32
Do you have right now on a monitor? It appears to be a sinus rhythm with a bundle branch block.
00:36
I got a pressure of 163 over 93.
00:41
We are satting at 94 to 95 percent on two liters via cannula.
00:45
Got an end tidal of 30, respiration rate of 22.
00:50
A little rapid.
00:52
Initially we were labored.
00:53
We're not as labored now.
00:55
Did give one DuoNeb treatment.
00:57
Patient says that helped greatly.
00:59
Do have an IV lock in place.
01:01
I'll give you on arrival and we should be there soon.
01:05
We should be there in about a minute and a half to two minutes.
01:08
Questions or go ahead.
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Location mentioned:
10th St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
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