Elderly woman transported with suspected broken rib and breathing issues
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Berkeley County WV Regional WVU Med B (Hospital)
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Henderson County North Fork Rescue Rescue Fifty One WV Medcom B Bravo.
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Sure, go ahead.
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(number withheld).
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Currently at Grant Memorial Hospital with a probably ten to 15 min ETA.
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We currently have on board a seventy-three year old female who fell on Friday night.
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She did bust her lip open on Friday night.
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Didn't really seem to have any injuries.
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Point patient say that she did fall again on Saturday morning when she was going to the bathroom.
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This morning patient wakes up with rib pain, a little bit of difficulty breathing.
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She says she's pretty sure that she broke a rib on her right side.
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I'm gonna say she's probably a.
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Eight out of ten pain scale.
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Yeah, or she's at eight out of ten.
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Her vitals are blood pressure 100 and thirty-seven over sixty-eight.
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Her heart rate's eighty-nine.
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She is satting at ninety-nine percent on ten liters or twelve liters.
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Fifteen, twelve liters via non-rebreather.
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When we 1st checked her O two, it was 80 .
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Eight percent of room air, so we went ahead and put her on non-rebreather.
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Patient does have a past medical history of stents, hypothyroidism, fluid overload, stroke, heart disease.
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She is allergic to codeine and she does have an extensive list of medications.
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Her breath sounds are fair and equal bilateral.
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She does have like I think it's more of.
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And hear her rib moving when she's breathing.
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It doesn't really sound like it's actually in her lungs, but it sounds like a little bit of,
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I'm gonna say maybe a little bit of crepitus sounding.
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Other than that, everything's normal.
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We're just transporting, monitoring vitals, and as such, we probably have about a 10-minute ETA.
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Respiration is patient on the ambulance.
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Respirations are 1618 normal and ten four.
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She is on blood thinners.
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(number withheld) .
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Can you repeat that number for me?
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(number withheld) .
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Okay, well you said 3032679 and I will contact Grant.
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That would be a good read back and I'd appreciate it.
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Ten four, have a good day.
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Fifty one clear.
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