Elderly man transported for breathing difficulties, Marion IN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, grant County EMS responded to a 75-year-old man experiencing breathing difficulties at his home near N Wabash Ave in Marion, Indiana. The patient had shortness of breath for about 36 hours, and his inhaler was no longer effective. He received multiple albuterol breathing treatments and oxygen before being transported to Marion General Hospital in stable condition.
Audio|Heard on: Whitley IN EMS-Talk Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Marion General ER, Grant County EMS Ambulance 7 patient, raised on the iron.
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Grant County, go ahead with your traffic.
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Coming in with seventy-five year old male patient coming from home chase.
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Patient's chief complaint this evening is difficulty breathing.
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They've just been going on for the last thirty-six hours.
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I was having inhaler said it worked yesterday but not working today.
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Was very labored on his breathing upon my arrival.
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I have administered.
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So one breathing treatment has started.
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The 2nd breathing treatment of albuterol, vital blood pressure 100 and sixty-three over fifty-six, heart rate of 100 and forty-six, O two sats at this time are about ninety-six percent.
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He has a new breathing treatment in eight liters of oxygen,
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leaving in about twenty-four minutes.
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We have about a three to four minute ETA.
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Time of our dispatch is leaving the scene.
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We had no ALS.
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We are coming in emergent.
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Thank you, Marion. Clear to remote arrival.
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Location mentioned:
N Wabash Ave # 400, Marion, IN 46952
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