Man treated for asthma attack en route to hospital, Baltimore MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics assisted a 21-year-old man experiencing severe asthma symptoms while en route to Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore. The patient had difficulty breathing and received multiple albuterol treatments. He was alert and responsive during transport, with stable vital signs.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD EMS-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Good Samaritan, this is City Ambulance Seven.
00:02
We got approximately ten-minute ETA.
00:04
We're coming to you with a priority two respiratory distress.
00:07
Asthma exacerbation, twenty-one year old male.
00:09
How do you copy?
00:12
Good Samaritan copies.
00:13
Continue.
00:16
Patient's got GCS of 15.
00:17
He's alert and oriented times four.
00:19
He's been experiencing respiratory distress, shortness of breath times two days.
00:23
Says he took 25 puffs yesterday, only slept 1 h because of the respiratory distress.
00:28
Took approximately 160 puffs today with no relief.
00:33
Firefighters found him sounding 98% on room air but kind of working hard to breathe.
00:38
They gave him 2.5 of albuterol.
00:41
Got that first dose approximately 1600.
00:45
We're also BLS, so we gave him another dose of albuterol, 6 liters nebulized at 1605.
00:52
So he's got a total of 5 milligrams of albuterol thus far.
00:57
He's constricted in all fields with bilateral wheezing in all fields.
01:04
And he's currently sat at ninety-seven percent with respirations of 20.
01:09
His end tidal is twenty-seven.
01:11
His heart rate is 109, and we got a blood pressure of thirty-seven over eighty-six.
01:20
If you have no further questions, we'll be there in about eight or nine minutes, and I'll try and get some IV access.
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Location mentioned:
Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21239
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