Man with COPD struggles to breathe en route to hospital


Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
01:23
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331 are out. ...oriented 64, 64-year-old male. She complained of shortcuts of breath. A patient does have COPD. One of our other cruises earlier today did a breathing treatment, and a patient didn't want to come into the hospital, and a little later got worse and decided wants to come in for evaluation. We too have a pretty... Weez is heard in all fields, working pretty hard to breathe, and we got their current set of vitals we have for you. Our heart rate of 112, we have a sinus tag home on, the last blood pressure was 168, over 88. Pressors are about 30 pre-labored. He was initially like 91% on room air. He's currently 98% with that breathing treatment. Do it be established, and we're just down the road for you. We'll see in about a minute. Can I get you any further? Nothing further, I want to arrive. 10-4, Mercy. 304 arriving, Hershey-Lou. 0.8 miles, 0.8 miles.
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