Teen unresponsive during sickle cell crisis
Medical EmergencyDispatch audio about a 16-year-old at 1400 East Cornwallis Road having a sickle cell crisis. The patient was fainting or briefly unresponsive, with very fast breathing (about 35–40 breaths per minute) and high blood pressure around 160. Fire and multiple EMS units were directed to the rear of the building under a covered awning and were taking vital signs.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
03:36
Transcript:
The parent was out with the occupant. This address used to phone call number one, but it's said to leave the apartment. Let me know if you need another phone call from a different number at the same location. Unconscious or fainting, 1400 East Cornwallis Road, corner of Fayetteville Street and Industry Main. Engine 4. Unit 6. No M. EMS available. Medic 205 is on the scene. EMS 52 and orange EMS, whenever you get here, we'll be around the rear of the building under the covered awning, right near unit 16, complaining of sickle cell crisis. We're getting vitals now. Units responding to 1400 East Cornwallis Road, you'll have Wake EMS en route. You're going to be responding with engine company 4 and EMS 51. You can turn on either side of the house and come around to the back. Six units responding. EMS 51 from Engine 4. Borough Street and Lentonson. 16-year-old female conscious and alert. All vitals normal except breathing is rapid and blood pressure about 160 by palpation. Respirations about 35 to 40 per minute.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Cornwallis Rd, Durham, NC 27713
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