Elderly woman suffers severe weakness and breathing issue, Ironwood MI
Medical EmergencyAn elderly woman at Ironwood Hospital was weak, had low blood pressure and oxygen levels, irregular heart rhythm, and trouble breathing. Emergency personnel provided oxygen and fluids and took her to the hospital for treatment.
Audio|Source: Gogebic County Fire and EMS
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I have an 80-year-old female,
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GCS at 15, conscious alert and oriented times four.
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We got called in a pig helper getting to the restroom for her weakness, got there, and she is showing letherggy very weak.
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She has diarrhea.
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She said she hasn't been well lately, felt her pulse.
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Her pulse was a regular checker hypovalamia.
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We hooked her up to EG and she's showing some disavrethmi-al, so H-O-Fib with ST&G and G-WAid abnormalities, the computer says.
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So we got her in the back of the rig and tried to get a couple IVs on her to give her some fluids, unable to obtain a secure IV site.
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She has a BP at this time at 68 over 37.
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Heart rate varies at 130, 115, respiration is at 12.02 stat.
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She has COPD.
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Sorry about that.
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O2 sat,
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really low, 20s, 30s.
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I have her at 5 liters right now, and she is still varying.
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I get her up to in the 90s, and then she drops back down.
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But she's doing okay right now.
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She's resting.
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BGL at 89, and she has pain, chronic pain gout, and lower lumbar at pain at 6.
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We have an ETA facility at probably about 40 minutes with road conditions.
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Ironwood, MI 49938
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