Air medical consult during child ventilator issue, Indianapolis IN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an air medical team consulted with a physician during the transport of a one-year-old patient to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis due to ventilator compliance issues after switching from the patient’s home ventilator to the aircraft ventilator. The team continued using the patient’s own ventilator under physician approval.
Audio|Heard on: Huntington City and County Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:11
Transcript:
00:00
Kentucky Seven to Dr. (name withheld). (Name withheld), go ahead.
00:05
Dr. (name withheld), this is Kentucky Seven.
00:06
How do you copy?
00:11
Well, clear.
00:12
Go ahead.
00:15
Got you,
00:16
We are currently en route to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis with a one-year-old female who has a significant medical history of preterm.
00:28
Has a trach in place.
00:30
We'll call them to confirm that you're okay.
00:32
When we were in the ambulance trying to switch over to our vent from the patient's own vent, we had trouble with compliance and the patient required significant PEEP of 15.
00:45
With a p-peak of approximately 40.
00:48
When we moved over to our vents, the patient was not tolerating them well.
00:53
The mother at bedside was adamant that we use their vents.
00:58
She wanted us to know how to use it properly and where you're currently using it.
01:02
The patient is much more cooperative on their own vent.
01:06
We would like to confirm that you're okay with us continuing to use their vents versus ours.
01:17
They want us to test them to ensure it doesn't disrupt the aircraft systems.
01:26
I think it's in the patient's best interest if you were unable to ventilate her using our ventilator and she's compliant with her ventilator.
01:34
I think that's in the best interest.
01:37
How long of a flight do you have to Riley?
01:49
Dr. (name withheld), we switched over the vent approximately 15 or 20 minutes ago and we still have a 30-minute en route to the hospital.
02:02
Okay, I think that's the right thing to do for the patient.
02:08
It's not the perfect solution, but I think it's probably in her best interest.
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Location mentioned:
Riley Hospital Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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