Elderly woman with worsening breathing treated at nursing facility, La Mesa CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 79-year-old woman from a nursing facility experienced worsening shortness of breath after pneumonia. She had low oxygen levels and was treated with a breathing mask and nebulizer. She was alert but nonverbal and showed signs of a possible urinary infection. She was transported to Sharp Grossmont Hospital for further care.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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01:23
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, Grossmont, 255 here.
00:02
The number is going to be (number withheld).
00:09
We have a 79-year-old female coming from skilled nursing.
00:14
Sounds like gradual onset of worsening shortness of breath.
00:18
Staff, she's there at the facility after an episode of pneumonia, just doing some rehab there.
00:25
Post-pneumonia care, it sounds like her pneumonia is getting worse.
00:28
She's got profuse ronky in all fields.
00:32
Staff found her with the oxygen saturation of 80%, they placed her on a simple mask, activated EMS.
00:37
We found her about 83, 84% on the simple mask, again, with the profound ronchi in all fields there.
00:44
She's on CPAP right now.
00:45
She's 99% on CPAP.
00:47
We have an in-line nebulizer running as well.
00:49
She has the IV established.
00:50
She is, they said baseline confused, but right now she's just, she's alert but nonverbal for us right now.
00:56
She responds to pain.
00:57
It looks like probably a urinary tract infection.
00:59
She's got pretty cloudy,
01:00
cloudy dark urine there with some sediment noted.
01:03
Rest for her vital signs, her heart rate looks like 136, pressure 112.78.
01:11
She's breathing pretty shallow about 30 times a minute.
01:17
Again, the oxygen saturation is 99% with the CPAP.
01:21
We're a couple blocks away.
01:22
We'll see in a few minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Grossmont Center Dr, La Mesa, CA 91942
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