61-year-old male with severe breathing difficulty transported, Forest City NC
A 61-year-old man near Quality Inn on Commercial Drive is having extreme difficulty breathing. He is unresponsive with very low oxygen levels and swelling in his legs. Emergency medical services are transporting him to the hospital and preparing for possible airway intervention.
Audio|Source: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
02:41
Transcript:
00:00
Myself in 120, be out at Quality Inn on Commercial Drive, Reference 29 service.
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10-4[3]-12-44.
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To Commission 11th transporting?
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Supporting.
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Medic 30 to Rutherford Regional Priority Traffic[2].
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Patient notification.
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Is Rutherford Drive?
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F-129-U-U-N-4.
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10-4[3]-4-1-18-10-8[1].
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Tand-4-12-58.
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Adam 3.
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Dad.
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Brother, for Business, Medic 30, Paramedic McKnight.
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Inbound to your facility with a 61-year-old male patient,
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extreme difficulty breathing.
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He does not normally seek any medical care, no PCP, no meds, no allergies.
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He does have pitting edema to the lower legs all the way up to his knees.
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Rails in the bases in all fields are present.
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He would not cooperate with us.
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Reference Whitestone Drive, did she want to call or just wanted it pass alone?
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1014.
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To her she wanted it in time.
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Yeah.
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Pinch on EMS too.
01:41
regarding CPAP and when unresponsive.
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He has Brady down a couple times.
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O2SAC currently is hovering around 70% positive pressure ventilation with a bag valve mask is going on.
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I need you to be standing by with respiratory and RSI.
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For airway control,
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we've got a line established,
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initiating some mag and he's had 125 salemeteroles.
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BMS2. Okay,
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for just checking to see if they were in route as well, to the hospital or clear.
02:18
As soon as well, medic,
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30. Yeah.
02:25
Last blood pressure has fluctuated between 150 over 100 and 90 over 80, depending on his level of hypoxia.
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He's unresponsive currently,
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and we're about 10 minutes out.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-8: In service/Available for calls
[2]
Priority Traffic: Radio priority given to urgent or emergency transmissions only
[3]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
Near Commercial Dr, Forest City, NC 28043
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