Elderly woman treated for respiratory distress, Gastonia NC
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical responders assisted a 78-year-old woman who was experiencing respiratory distress, fever, and rapid heart rate following a fall several days earlier. The patient was treated with nebulizer therapy, fluids, and magnesium sulfate before being transported to CaroMont Main Hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Gaston NC Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
CaroMont Main, 71P, emergency traffic, respiratory activation.
00:05
Okay, one, this is CaroMont Main, go ahead.
00:09
10-4, we're running out here for an emergency trip with a 72-year-old female.
00:13
Excuse me, 78.
00:15
Called out for respiratory distress.
00:17
Upon arrival, she's in oriented G6.
00:19
15 says that she's been sick for the last several days.
00:22
Says that she had a fall several days ago as well and was in the floor for a prolonged amount of time.
00:27
Fire department arrived.
00:29
She was about seventy-five percent on room air.
00:33
She's got significant rails in all lung fields.
00:36
Also had a cough and fever.
00:38
Currently heart rate's 145, sinus tachy.
00:40
She's breathing thirty-six times a minute with an end tidal of twenty-two.
00:44
She's currently receiving a nebulizer.
00:47
She is ninety-five percent on that.
00:51
Ample is 100.1 axillary.
00:54
We're working on an updated blood pressure.
00:56
Currently, the last one was one in this thirty-eight or 90.
00:59
She's got bilateral access.
01:01
She got saw you med draw.
01:03
She's getting a bolus of LR.
01:06
She's also receiving an infusion of magnesium sulfate and nothing further.
01:10
We'll see there in about three to five.
01:14
Tell me when she fell on the floor a few days ago and she was just found today.
01:22
Negative, she fell several days ago.
01:24
Ago, I believe it was on Christmas Eve.
01:29
CaroMont copies.
01:30
So is this reported today? Is that correct?
01:36
I'm sorry, can you repeat that?
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Location mentioned:
Court Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054
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