Man with breathing distress taken to hospital, Chula Vista CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders assisted a 60-year-old man who was having difficulty breathing at an apartment near H St in Chula Vista. The patient was found using a walker and showing labored breathing. He was hypertensive and treated with CPAP and albuterol before being transported to Scripps Chula Vista Hospital with stable oxygen levels.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
UCSD Engine 30 with Medic 30.
00:03
I've got a moderate status medical looking to go to Scripps Chula with a 10-minute ETA.
00:11
Copy. Scripps Chula Vista is open and accepting.
00:13
You can go ahead.
00:14
Okay, run number is (number withheld).
00:18
We were called to an apartment for a 60-year-old male weighing approximately 300 pounds.
00:26
Chief complaint difficulty breathing.
00:29
Patient was found tripodting on his walker, satting in the high eighties.
00:38
We're not really able to get much of a history on him.
00:41
He's kind of speaking one to two word sentences, and he does not have any family or friends with him, so information is limited.
00:48
But he does appear to be alert, and he's answering our questions with just kind of nodding yes and no for our questions.
00:55
So he does appear to be oriented, eyes are pearl, and he's moving all four extremities equally.
01:00
However, he does use a walker.
01:03
He's sinus tach at a rate of 100.
01:06
He is hypertensive, 187 over 100.
01:10
Skin's normal across the board.
01:12
He's breathing 27 times a minute, currently labored.
01:16
We do have him on CPAP.
01:19
His O2 stat is up to 95%.
01:21
End tidal 44.
01:24
We did get diminished lungs down so we're going with albuterol after vent treatment.
01:30
Only history we were able to get out of him said he's got liver failure.
01:34
Okay, so right now we're going with the albuterol treatment with CPAP and that's up to ninety-five percent.
01:43
Looking for IV access also, and we'll be there in about 10 minutes.
01:48
Copy that. If anything changes on route, please tell me back.
01:51
I'll go ahead and let Scripps Chula know that you'll be there in 10 minutes.
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Location mentioned:
H St, Chula Vista, CA 91910
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