Elderly man taken to hospital for breathing issues, Macomb County MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an EMS unit transported an 88-year-old man to Henry Ford Macomb Hospital for difficulty breathing related to a recurring pneumothorax. The patient was previously discharged from the same facility earlier that day.
Audio|Heard on: Macomb MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Henry Ford, this is Messenger Alpha One Hundred and Twenty-One Priority Two Traffic, bringing you an eighty-eight-year-old male.
00:05
He complains today it's going to be difficulty breathing.
00:07
Patient was discharged from your facility this morning.
00:10
He has a pneumothorax that has still been opening up.
00:15
Patient information withheld.
00:17
He was 90 percent on room air.
00:20
Currently got him on a DuoNeb.
00:22
He's up to 100 percent.
00:23
He's got a history of emphysema.
00:25
Rest of the vitals are as follows.
00:27
One hundred and fourteen sinus on the monitor.
00:28
Pressure of one sixty-seven over ninety-four.
00:30
Lung sounds clear on the left side and wheezy and diminished on the right side.
00:36
No further complaints other than difficulty breathing for about five minutes.
00:39
Would require anything further.
00:41
Sir, was the pneumothorax on?
00:44
Patient is at your facility for a pneumothorax and is being treated for it.
00:48
And the seal keeps opening up.
00:50
Other than that, I'm not too certain.
00:54
On further arrival.
00:56
That's our call.
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19 Mile Rd, Clinton Township, MI 48038
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