Man with asthma struggles to maintain oxygen levels, Omaha NE
A 55-year-old man with asthma is having trouble keeping his oxygen levels up despite being on oxygen. He is conscious and breathing but cannot maintain safe oxygen saturation levels. He also has a lung injury called pneumothorax that was getting better but is now worsening.
Audio|Source: Omaha Fire (TAC3)
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1056, Medicare, McDonnell Rehab, Caused AT the South Entrance, got a 55-year-old male patient,
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in for multiple traumas, is conscious alert and breathing,
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low oxygen saturation, it's currently out 6 liters of oxygen, just have an underlying lung history of asthma.
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Reports that he is comfortable, no trouble breathing, but did have a pneumal thorax that was improving, but today cannot maintain that.
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Near Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68114
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