Elderly man with breathing trouble taken to hospital, Towson MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, medics in Baltimore County transported a 74-year-old man who was having trouble breathing to St. Joseph’s Hospital. His oxygen levels remained low despite use of a CPAP device. The patient, who has a history of heart failure and is on hospice care, was taken for treatment as a priority one transport.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Baltimore County Medic 11 en route for St. Joe’s.
00:02
Joe’s or Medic 11, sir?
00:05
St. Joe’s back.
00:08
Baltimore County.
00:10
Baltimore County Medic 11, you're out to facility about a 10-minute ETA on board.
00:15
Male, chief complaint, trouble breathing.
00:17
How do you copy?
00:19
Copy, continue with the consult.
00:23
Patient's on two liters nasal location.
00:25
He says he has episodes like this often.
00:28
Arrival, patient was in the sixty-four, sixty-seven percent room air.
00:35
Probably doing that with no relief.
00:37
I have him on CPAP right now.
00:39
The highest I've been able to read is around 84%.
00:43
He's had a history of heart failure.
00:48
I'm still reading for the rest of his paperwork.
00:50
He is on home hospice, so we requested to go to the hospital.
00:53
He's a DNI.
00:56
Supposedly he's been on CPAP before.
00:58
Lungs are clear bilaterally.
01:02
Current vitals, heart rate 74.
01:05
Again, last O2 saturation I got was 84% on the CPAP.
01:10
Respiratory rate of 22, capnose 20.
01:14
Initial pressure was 105 over PALP.
01:17
I can't get another one right now.
01:19
I'm assuming it's low.
01:23
Let me know if you have any questions.
01:25
GCS is 15. Let me know any questions.
01:26
Again, Baltimore County Medic 11 about 10 minutes off your facility.
01:30
Can you give me a priority?
01:33
Yeah, priority one.
01:36
You can put the age of this patient again.
01:41
Yes, seventy-four or seventy-four.
01:44
Copy, reconciled necessary.
01:46
Otherwise, we'll see you upon arrival.
01:49
Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Osler Dr, Towson, MD 21204
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