Medical team transports patient under sepsis alert, Grand Junction CO
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported an elderly man to St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction under a sepsis alert. The patient experienced respiratory distress and low oxygen levels earlier in the day, which improved after oxygen support. The patient, who has cancer with a neck carcinoma, was reported to be mentally at baseline during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Mesa CO Hospital Group Calls
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01:28
Transcript:
00:00
St. Mary's Hospital, are you reading Six?
00:02
Hey (name withheld), can you re-identify it?
00:05
This is ambulance six.
00:08
Go ahead, six.
00:10
En route to your facility on emergent with a 74 year old male.
00:15
This is going to be a sepsis alert.
00:18
Patient has been having increased difficulty breathing since Friday.
00:24
(Name withheld) states that earlier today he was seen at the hospital, was early discharged, but then (name withheld) noticed that his oxygen was starting to dip down into the sixties.
00:35
When we arrived on scene, he was on room air.
00:37
He was satting at sixty-seven percent on that room air.
00:40
Current vitals are going to be as follows.
00:43
Have a heart rate of 80, blood pressure of 168 over 73, respirations are 23.
00:50
We currently have him on a non-rebreather at 15 liters.
00:53
He's satting at 90% now on those 15 liters.
00:57
We did get a temperature of 100.6 degrees.
01:04
We do have an 18 gauge established in his left arm.
01:08
Patient is a cancer patient.
01:10
He has carcinoma of his neck and is unable to talk.
01:16
Per (name withheld), he is at baseline mentally.
01:19
We should be back to your facility about two to three minutes.
01:21
Any further questions or orders?
01:24
No further questions or orders.
01:26
I'll have room assignment on arrival.
01:27
Great, (name withheld).
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Location mentioned:
N 7th St, Grand Junction, CO 81501
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