Elderly man suffers severe breathing difficulty


Audio|Source: Emmet County Public Safety
01:20
Transcript:
2438. I'll be primary. Law units be clear. It appears to be medically related. Okay. Be 40 alpha one, just coming to you from Riverview Terrace up a couple blocks late from you guys. 71-year-old male patient. He's not just working right. Chief complaint today is going to be of respiratory distress. onset about 2 hours ago, most likely secondary to congestive heart failure. Now, he's got a pretty good cardiac history, including a light fast 8th, a couple stems here and there. Last known ejection fraction was about 30%. Room air saturation at arrival is 82%. We got them up to 98, 99 on highly flow oxygen. His respiratory rate has came down and his level of stress is stabilized. He still breathing about 30 times a minute. Heart rate's around 100 to 120. In that area, looks 850. Last blood pressure, 163, over 105. I've established labs are grown. I've got glucose in 197. This one's going to be first of the David last of P-Paul. Peter versus 12-4, 1953. We'll be there a couple minutes. Okay, McClaren, clear.
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Near Woodland Ave, Petoskey, MI 49770
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