Elderly patient with shortness of breath and pacemaker


An elderly man is having trouble breathing. He has a pacemaker-defibrillator and is breathing 28 times per minute on room air. He is alert and oriented and has dementia.
Audio|Source: Fayetteville Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
sample and go ahead good afternoon northwest urgent at this time with a 83 year old male patient chief complaint today is going to be shortness of breath One beats per minute. We got a paced rhythm at this time. He does have an internal pacemaker defibrillator. That's for his apis. A patient is breathing 28 times a minute. 99% right now in room air. Ultimately, five minutes. Alert and oriented times 2 with the GCS of 14 have dementia.
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Near Bryn Mawr Cir, Fort Smith, AR 72908
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