Paramedics transport man with tracheostomy issue, Towson MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics in Baltimore County transported a 63-year-old man to a hospital after his tracheostomy became dislodged and mucus blocked his airway, causing respiratory distress. Emergency crews provided oxygen and suctioning en route to the medical facility.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Baltimore County Paramedic 102 on 224 for GBMC.
00:05
GBMC 09, what's your priority? This will be informational purposes only.
00:12
This is going to be a priority two patient and this is Baltimore County Paramedic 102 en route to your facility with an approximate 11-12 minute ETA.
00:20
How do you copy?
00:22
GBMC copies.
00:25
On board, I have a sixty-three-year-old male.
00:27
Sixty-three-year-old male is conscious, alert, and oriented times four, chief complaint respiratory distress.
00:34
Patient has a trach and stoma, and the trach had come out sometime last night.
00:43
Patient had a significant amount of mucus in the stoma, and we performed deep suction multiple times.
00:52
Initial pulse ox was seventy-five percent on room air.
00:55
Seventy-five percent on room air.
00:57
Currently, we have him on fifteen liters by non-rebreather mask over the stoma site and we're up to ninety-four percent.
01:08
Blood pressure is one hundred twenty-one over eighty-three.
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One hundred twenty-one over eighty-three.
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And pulse rate is one hundred twenty.
01:16
One hundred twenty.
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Location mentioned:
MD-139 Suite 5100, Towson, MD 21204
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