73-year-old male in respiratory distress treated en route

Heard on: Lexington County SC Lex Co EMS LMC (Hospital)

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Lexington ER, Lexington Medic Five, respond to facility emergent with a seventy-three, seventy-three-year-old male.

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Complaint is going to be respiratory distress.

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Patient's complaining of shortness of breath since 05:00 a.m.

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this morning.

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Patient had audible wheezing on scene.

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SpO two seventy-five percent.

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Last of the vital follows.

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Pressure is 100 and seventy-six over 107 .

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Pulse is 100 and sixty-three.

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Showing sinus tach on the monitor.

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Not diagnostic for STEMI.

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Respirations are twenty-eight.

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Ninety-six percent on CPAP at 90 .

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Got nitro paste on the left chest.

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Also received 5 mg of albuterol and 500 micrograms of Atrovent.

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We have an ETA of ten.

2026-10-29 13:41 UTC

Medical Emergency

Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169

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As discussed during the dispatch call, lexington Medic Five is transporting an elderly man to a local hospital for respiratory distress and shortness of breath. The patient reportedly had wheezing, low oxygen levels, high blood pressure, and a rapid heart rate, and was treated with nitro paste, albuterol, and Atrovent before transport.