Elderly woman with breathing distress taken to hospital, Charleston SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics transported a 73-year-old woman to MUSC Downtown after she experienced respiratory distress, confusion, and signs of infection. She had a history of COPD and was found with low oxygen levels that improved after treatment.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
This is Unit 243 coming in emergent with a seventy-three-year-old female chief complaint of respiratory distress.
00:11
I've been finding in mental status since this morning around 11 a.m.
00:17
Has been dealing with a UTI.
00:23
(Name withheld)'s spouse took her temperature at 100.2 on scene.
00:29
She has a history of COPD and audible wheeze bilaterally.
00:36
We do have a three-millimeter dual net going on right now.
00:42
We noticed that on room air she was trending below 80, and then with the breathing treatment reached 95 to 100 percent whenever it's reading accurately.
00:54
We do have an entire reading of 62 though.
01:00
Breathing twenty-two times a minute.
01:02
She has prolonged expiratory and shallow breaths.
01:10
Blood pressure is 170 over 90.
01:11
Heart rate sitting at 99.
01:13
Sinus rhythm on monitor.
01:14
12 beats show the same.
01:16
BGL reading is 164.
01:18
That's 164 milligrams per deciliter.
01:21
GCS of 13.
01:24
Just some mild confusion and orienting to voice.
01:29
We'll have an ETA of about 15 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425
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