Medical emergency at St. Joseph Hospital Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services in Ypsilanti responded to a patient experiencing severe breathing difficulty. A male patient was transported to St. Joseph Hospital Ann Arbor on CPAP and oxygen support, with stable blood pressure and elevated heart rate during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Washtenaw MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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We are coming in with a 66-year-old male.
00:02
Chief complaint is going to be difficulty breathing.
00:04
Sounds like it started approximately one to two hours ago.
00:08
Became much more severe.
00:11
Only on five liters.
00:16
When we arrived, he was satting at seventy-five percent on those five liters.
00:22
We have him on CPAP right now—30% FiO2 and 5 PEEP for about ninety-two percent.
00:30
Lung sounds are very diminished because we're not able to hear anything really with the CPAP.
00:37
With the CPAP, we gave medication support and then we gave the Solu-Prednisone.
00:43
Blood pressure is good.
00:44
One hundred and thirty-one over eighty.
00:46
Heart rate is about one hundred fifty.
00:52
We're not getting a super reliable end-tidal reading, but right now it is showing a respiratory rate and an end-tidal of twenty-four.
01:02
Earlier, I believe it was about thirty-four respiratory rate, fifty for an end-tidal.
01:10
He's alert and oriented, and our ETA is going to be about five minutes here.
01:15
For anything else?
01:18
Get your current end-tidal.
01:21
Current end-tidal is twenty-four.
01:24
All right, thank you.
01:25
See you upon arrival.
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Location mentioned:
McAuley Dr, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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