Woman transported with severe breathing difficulty, Dorchester County SC
Medical EmergencyParamedics are transporting a 68-year-old woman from the Crystal Center with severe breathing difficulty and episodes of stopped breathing. Her oxygen levels were low but improved with oxygen treatment. Her brain function score is lower than normal. She is stable and being taken to a nearby hospital.
Audio|Source: Dorchester County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Good evening, Tri, this is a door-dressing medic number 6.
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Standing right by your facility with a 68-year-old female patient experiencing respiratory distress.
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She is coming from the Crystal Center.
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The facility reported she was found with oxygen saturation at 72%.
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Upon arrival, she was on a non-rebreather mask at 15 liters,
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at 100%. We have since removed that.
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Currently, she is on six liters with oxygen saturation at 96%, with episodes of apnea and irregular breathing pattern.
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reading pattern.
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Her Glasgow Coma Scale score is 8, slightly below her baseline.
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Heart rate is 76.
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Blood pressure is 117 over 63, respiratory rate 25, and oxygen saturation now 98% on 6 liters.
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Pulse oximetry is 95, temperature is 99.1.
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We are about 10 minutes from your facility.
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Do you have any questions or orders?
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Do we have the approximate Glasgow Coma Scale baseline?
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Baseline is about 10 or 11.
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Currently, she is about an 8.
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Okay, no questions for me, 7 minute.
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All right, I'll go.
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Center St, South Carolina 29483
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