Woman with breathing difficulty treated and transported, Waterloo IA
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical services responded to a 79-year-old woman experiencing difficulty breathing. She has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure. Symptoms worsened after smoking a cigarette. Oxygen levels were low but improved after treatment. She was transported to a medical facility for further care.
Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Mercy, go ahead
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Mursu, this is Waterloo 334 and around to you with a conscious alert and oriented 79-year-old female patient.
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Call that today for a breathing problem.
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He does have a history of COPD and heart failure.
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Since it started about three hours ago, started feeling extra short of breath around the time when she smoked a cigarette.
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Initially, O2 stats are around 88, 87% for us, pretty weasy bilaterally.
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We did do one of our doing breathing treatments that did provide some relief.
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Broader up, so around 95% with that breathing treatment.
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Current set of idols for you.
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We have blood pressure of 140 over 70.
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Heart rate of 92,
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breathing about 26 times a minute.
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Geez, 95% on 8 liters to that do one of.
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We'll come with traffic.
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We'll be at your facility in around 5 or 6 minutes.
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Do you have any further questions?
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You're real, not arrival.
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10.4, thanks, mercy.
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Near W 9th St, Waterloo, IA 50702
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