Man treated for severe breathing difficulty at health center, Pahoa HI
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Medical EmergencyMedical units responded to a 66-year-old man at Pahoa Community Health Center who was having severe breathing problems. He has a history of COPD and heart failure. His oxygen level was low when first assessed but improved with treatment. He was conscious but struggled to speak between breaths and was being transported to a medical center for further care.
Audio|Heard on: Big Island Hawaii Puna, Volcano, Kau Public Safety
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03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Medi5, be advised.
00:01
We have a call,
00:03
Pahua community health center, patient difficulty breathing.
00:09
Restruct 10 is on scene.
00:10
Medi3 has been dispatched.
00:16
Okay.
00:20
CSC office, C.O.22 clear.
00:31
Office standing by.
00:35
Control, very three, standing down. Thank you very much.
00:39
Thank you very much, Mike.
00:49
C.C. C. C.
00:52
C. C.
00:54
Five,
00:59
brush truck 10 is on scene.
01:00
This is at the Hawaii community health center.
01:03
Address near Bohua Village Road.
01:08
Patient.
01:10
He is in room 1, 66-year-old, oxygen saturation at 79%.
01:17
Patient is conscious and alert, having difficulty speaking between breaths.
01:22
Known history of COPD, he is also diaphoretic,
01:26
known heart failure, weight approximately 182 pounds.
01:32
Okay, my God.
01:41
Go ahead.
01:46
Can you have your phone number please? (number withheld).
01:51
(number withheld).
01:55
I copy, thank you.
02:00
I'm back in quarters.
02:05
Control copy, extend.
02:06
Control, Middick, 19, transporting, or strike, return.
02:12
Control, copy.
02:18
R1, transport, visual medical center.
02:24
Central copy.
02:30
Central 150, zero, zero.
02:31
Central 150. Central 150, zero.
02:36
Invite Sugar Falls,
02:39
274 Camelia Avenue, white Toyota,
02:43
and a gray Pia sedan, no medics, not blocking.
02:47
Fronting Sugar Coast.
02:48
Thank you, copies.
02:54
Medical 5 from Russia, 10.
02:58
Brusher 10, go ahead.
02:59
Medify, 70-bye.
03:05
We have a 66-year-old male,
03:09
difficulty breathing.
03:11
He is saturating 92% on non-rebreather at 15 liters per minute right now.
03:18
The initial saturation was 84% on room air.
03:22
He was just sitting in a clinic and then he suddenly went into respiratory distress.
03:27
He is kind of stable right now.
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Location mentioned:
15-2910 Kuuhome St, Pāhoa, HI 96778
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