Elderly man with prolonged cough and chest pain in Grayling, Grayling MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 76-year-old man with a three-week history of productive cough and chest tightness is being transported to a medical facility in Grayling. He reports sharp chest pain when breathing deeply. Vital signs are stable, and lung sounds are diminished in the lower areas. The patient previously took antibiotics and steroids but details are unclear.
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Transcript:
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Once in Grayling, Onsing, Grayling, Richfield, Alpha 3-2-Q with a patient report.
00:10
This is Grayling.
00:11
Please try identifying, go ahead.
00:15
Bridgefield Alpha 3-32, currently around your facility with a 76-7-6-year-old male.
00:20
Patient has had a productive cough for approximately the last three weeks, saw his primary care position three weeks ago and was prescribed antibiotics and steroid.
00:28
Not sure what his actual diagnosis was, not sure what he was prescribed.
00:31
Did he completed his steroids and his antibiotics yesterday? Today he's feeling quite a bit of tightness across his lower rib cage and all the way across both lower quadrants when he takes a deep breath, sharp pain that kind of radiates up when he takes a deep breath.
00:43
quite a bit.
00:46
Right now, lung tones are clear and equal on the top and diminished in the lowers on both sides.
00:51
Blood pressure is 117 over 64, 117 over 64.
00:54
He's 97% on room air with heart rate of 68 showing sinus on the monitor.
00:59
Fibriol with a temp of 98.9.
01:01
So he's had a productive cough with some yellow and white butum for the past three weeks and been using his albuterol a little bit more often than normal over the same time frame.
01:12
Currently, I have an IV lock established, approximately a 15-minute ETA, patient's initial, but she is in Tom, B, is in Boy, TB, today the birth (number withheld).
01:25
Do you need anything further?
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E Michigan Ave, Grayling, MI 49738
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