Woman suffers breathing distress after hospital visit, Columbia SC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a report of a 50-year-old woman experiencing respiratory distress near Taylor and Marion Streets in Columbia. The patient had recently been discharged from a hospital and was unable to use her home oxygen due to a power issue. Her condition stabilized after oxygen support was administered.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Baptist ER, Baptist ER, Richland County Unit 234.
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This is Baptist, go ahead Unit 234.
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Baptist ER, Richland County Unit 234, we're currently at your facility.
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It's not emergency code four at this time of the day.
00:15
Fifty-year-old female.
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There's going to be respiratory distress.
00:19
Patient was seen at one of your facilities yesterday for the same complaint and was sent home, and stated that her car was off when she got home, so she was not able to be on oxygen.
00:30
She has been short of breath since she returned home from the hospital.
00:35
Pulse sounds clear and equal, bilateral.
00:38
GCS 15, blood pressure 138 over 98.
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Pulse is currently 110 and regular.
00:44
Respiration is 20.
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Clear and equal.
00:46
Oxygen was initially 90 percent on room air.
00:49
We got her up to 98 percent via two liters nasal cannula.
00:53
GCS 15. We got an ETA of about eight to ten minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Taylor at, Marion St, Columbia, SC 29220
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