Patient treated for asthma at Valley Mall urgent care, Hagerstown MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services responded to a report of a woman experiencing asthma-related breathing difficulty at Meredith's Urgent Care near Valley Mall in Hagerstown. The patient received treatment at the urgent care clinic, showed improvement, and declined transport to the hospital after being advised of the risks. A refusal of further treatment was documented.
Audio|Heard on: Washington MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Okay, good evening, sir. This is (name withheld) on 26-9.
00:02
I'm over here at Meredith's Urgent Care at Valley Mall.
00:05
I've got a 27-year-old female.
00:08
Chief complaint today is respiratory distress.
00:10
She has an asthma history,
00:12
lives with this for all the time.
00:15
She desatted at home today, took a dutoneb, and then took an Uber over here to urgent care.
00:21
She presented to urgent care with sat.
00:23
At ninety-five percent, and then very mild respiratory distress.
00:28
They've administered her Decadron here at urgent care, and currently she is without distress at all.
00:34
Conscious orient times three, O2 sats are at ninety-eight percent on room air.
00:39
One hundred and thirty systolic heart rate of eighty-four.
00:43
She does have bilateral, very minor inspiratory, exploratory wheezes, but she's speaking in full complete sentences and no distress.
00:52
We advised her we'd take her to the hospital to continue the treatment,
00:56
but she advised that she would either go home and go to Hopkins or seek medical attention on her own.
01:03
So it was just being an AMA refusal, and I'm here with the patient now.
01:09
Hello, this is the first fire.
01:11
Please, if the patient can hear me, please note that there's license that you come to the emergency department for further evaluation,
01:18
but it's imperative not to come to the emergency departments.
01:21
If you do decide, the emergency department is open 24-7 and will be glad to help you out, okay?
01:30
She acknowledges that.
01:31
She says thank you very much and she'll follow your directions.
01:34
So we'll go ahead and do an AMA refusal.
01:35
I appreciate it.
01:36
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Valley Mall Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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