Elderly man with breathing trouble taken to hospital, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a basic life support unit transported an elderly man experiencing respiratory distress and chest pain from near West 14th St in Wilmington to Wilmington Hospital Emergency Room. The patient, who was short of breath and on home oxygen, showed low oxygen saturation levels and was placed on a non‑rebreather mask during transit.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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01:49
Transcript:
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F25 Wilmington base ER1.
00:03
Wilmington base, go ahead.
00:06
Afternoon Wilmington,
00:07
BLS unit F25, we're out there still with a 94-year-old male respiratory distress, about a five-minute ETA.
00:12
How do you copy?
00:15
Right through it, sir.
00:16
Ninety-five years old came out of that.
00:18
Ninety-four year old male was shown to a regularly scheduled doctor's appointment on his way in.
00:24
He started having some shortness of breath.
00:26
He is on home O two at four liters a minute.
00:29
He got the doctor's office.
00:30
They had him at down to eighty-two percent on that four liters.
00:36
For us, he's the same.
00:37
We started him on a non-rebreather.
00:39
He's up to 95%.
00:40
Still working to breathe pretty good though.
00:43
Lungs are pretty diminished.
00:47
Heart rate is 95.
00:49
Pressure is 126.
00:51
Just now he started complaining of some right side chest pain as well.
00:56
He's got an extensive cardiac and respiratory history.
01:03
Again, we're coming at you only with about a four to 5 min E.
01:06
If anybody has any questions, comments, concerns, you got.
01:11
Any reported fevers?
01:14
Say again.
01:17
Please facility C, if he's having any fevers, coughs, congestions, type of chest.
01:22
I'm sorry, I could read you.
01:23
Can you try that one more time?
01:26
What's your ETA?
01:30
About three to 4 min.
01:33
Copy, we'll let triage know.
01:35
Okay, thank you.
01:37
They found out.
01:39
Can you say that number one more time for me, please?
01:44
(number withheld).
01:47
Thank you, (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
W 14th St, Wilmington, DE 19801
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