Air crew transports elderly woman with breathing distress, Escondido CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an air ambulance crew requested medical direction while transporting a seventy-four-year-old woman with respiratory distress and congestion from a post-acute care facility to Palomar Hospital. The patient had low oxygen levels earlier in the morning, minimal response to a nebulizer treatment, and unstable vital signs during transport.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Palomar, this is Air Crew ALS Unit 190.
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Are you clear to copy? Provide medical direction for a mild to moderate status medical. ETA 13 minutes.
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Copy, go ahead.
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Run number is (number withheld).
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We're coming from a post-acute facility with a seventy-four-year-old female.
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Chief complaint is respiratory distress and congestion.
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Patient is nonverbal secondary to a stroke and typically communicates minimally.
00:29
Around 3 or 4 a.m.
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This morning, patient's oxygen levels dropped to 77 percent.
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Patient has developed a gurgling cough without sputum and chest congestion.
00:39
Nebulizer was administered about 7:30 a.m.
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This treatment provided minimal improvement.
00:44
Patient is currently on four liters of oxygen and readings are at 98.
00:49
Unable to get a blood pressure reading.
00:52
Patient weighs over 300 pounds, heart rate is forty-three.
00:56
Temperature is ninety-seven.
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We will take these vitals again.
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We're 13 minutes away.
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Are you okay with us coming to you?
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Location mentioned:
Citracado Parkwy, Escondido, CA 92029
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