Patient with arm blood clot awaits triage at hospital, Bel Air MD
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As discussed during the dispatch call, an ambulance crew waited over 30 minutes at Upper Chesapeake Hospital with a patient having a blood clot in their right arm. The patient had not been seen by a triage nurse during this time. Family members insisted the patient be transported by ambulance from assisted living.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
It's in the time we've been sitting at Upper Chesapeake for 30 minutes.
00:05
We have not been triaged by a triage nurse.
00:07
There's a Harford County unit that's been sitting here for longer than us and has not been triaged.
00:12
I'm a priority three patient with a DVT in the right arm.
00:15
I was advised they could go to the hospital by POV, but family insisted the patient go with an ambulance because they could not come to him on the assisted living.
00:22
What would you like us to do?
00:28
I would go up and find the charge NRC about getting triage.
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