Man with breathing difficulty taken to hospital, Columbia SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical staff in Richland County responded to a 62-year-old man near Forest Dr, Columbia, who experienced shortness of breath and has a history of COPD, CHF, and pneumonia. The patient was conscious and stable during transport. Hospital staff reviewed the EKG and determined there was no evidence of a heart attack.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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SC Northeast, Richland County 201 en route to facility, short ETA of about 5 min with a 62-year-old male.
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He's complaining of shortness of breath.
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Does have a history of COPD,
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CHF, and pneumonia.
00:11
He's alert at his baseline GCS 15.
00:13
Blood pressure is 99 over 72.
00:15
Unable to get a SpO2 due to very cold hands.
00:19
Heart rate 103, finding artifacts on the monitor.
00:21
He's receiving a treatment at this time.
00:23
Respirations about 20, regular.
00:25
We'll be at facility in less than five.
00:27
No, I think it's clear.
00:31
Hey Richland County EMS Unit 262, this is Dr. (name withheld).
00:34
Calling from MUSC Columbia Downtown ER.
00:37
I'm looking at the EKG that was sent over on the 62-year-old patient.
00:41
Looks non-diagnostic for STEMI.
00:45
Copy, no STEMI.
00:48
10-6 Pacific is 5 min.
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Richland ER, Richland County Unit 251.
00:57
Richland Unit Two Hundred and Fifty-One.
01:00
Richland Unit Two Hundred and Fifty-One, trying to get a physician to interpret for results sent over.
01:06
Please stand by.
01:07
I will call Richland Hospital and ask the physician on the radio to come to the radio in the ED for you to interpret your twelve lead.
01:16
Ten Four, we have the EKG.
01:17
There is nothing acute down here.
01:21
Copy, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Forest Dr, Columbia, SC 29204
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