Man with respiratory illness treated and taken to hospital, Indianapolis IN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders assisted a 67-year-old man with chronic respiratory illness who experienced shortness of breath after running out of home oxygen. He was treated with a DuoNeb and transported to St. Vincent’s 86th Street Emergency Room for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Marion IN Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Sixty-seven-year-old male coming from home.
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History of COPD and asthma.
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Ran out of his home oxygen last night.
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Woke up today feeling increased shortness of breath.
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He's in no transport. Fire reports that when they arrived they heard audible respiratory wheezes, with a GCS of 15.
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They started him on a DuoNeb with an extra albuterol.
00:21
By the time I got to him he was speaking in full sentences.
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He's ninety-eight percent on that DuoNeb.
00:26
We finished it up.
00:27
Listened to him once we got him into the truck.
00:29
I didn't hear any wheezing, maybe just some slight diminished sounds all over, but other than that, nothing else.
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Vital signs: blood pressure 128 over 77, heart rate 78, sinus rhythm, oxygen saturation 97 percent.
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Like I said, unless you require anything further, we'll see you here shortly.
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Location mentioned:
W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260
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