Man suffers severe asthma attack en route to hospital, Detroit MI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a 53-year-old man experienced a severe asthma attack with breathing distress while being transported by ambulance to St. John Hospital in Detroit. Paramedics reported low oxygen and wheezing before stabilizing him with CPAP support.
Audio|Heard on: Wayne MI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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St. John, this is Bravo 166 coming in with a Priority One medical.
00:04
How do you copy?
00:08
This is St. John, go ahead.
00:12
Coming in with a 53-year-old male.
00:14
The chief complaint today is difficulty moving due to asthma.
00:18
Patient states he started having difficulty breathing approximately 40 minutes ago and used numerous at-home oral treatments with no relief.
00:25
Patient was initially standing at seventy-four on room air.
00:28
Some initial low sounds and wheezing in the bilateral upper lobe.
00:33
Patient was placed on CPAP, currently standing at ninety-seven.
00:37
Vitals follow: blood pressure two-twenty over one-hundred, heart rate one-hundred twenty-seven.
00:45
Respiratory rate forty-four.
00:48
The skin is swollen, clammy to touch.
00:50
Patient initially diaphoretic.
00:51
Location reported to GPS at 15.
00:54
ETA is seven minutes.
00:56
ETA made. Just showing information.
01:00
Is there any previous history of intubation?
01:05
Patient is found.
01:09
We'll see on arrival in resuscitation.
01:11
St. John Hospital, clear.
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Location mentioned:
Moross Rd, Detroit, MI 48236
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