Medical team aids unresponsive woman at UW Hospital, Madison WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a possible medical emergency involving an elderly woman who was unresponsive at a nursing facility near Highland Avenue in Madison. The patient, who had a known urinary tract infection and had not taken antibiotics, exhibited fluctuating consciousness and was classified as do-not-resuscitate. She was transported to UW Hospital for further evaluation.
Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Good morning, UW.
00:01
Inbound utility with an eighty-two year old female. Chief complaint today is unresponsiveness.
00:07
Patient is alert and oriented times zero.
00:09
Base time is alert and oriented times two, coming from a nursing home today.
00:12
ETA approximately 15 minutes.
00:21
People said that she was unarousable.
00:24
We have episodes where her GCS is eight and then she goes into that.
00:29
That was about it.
00:32
Patient was told she has a UTI and she hasn't taken antibiotics.
00:38
We have a heart rate of 80.
00:44
Normal oxygen saturation with 82 percent in room air.
00:51
We have run for up to 9 percent.
00:56
Respiratory rate is 20 due to an end-tidal reading that is uncertain.
01:08
Patient has labored breathing.
01:10
Blood pressure 146 over 59.
01:14
Temperature was 98 degrees.
01:16
Blood sugar was 135.
01:20
She has a PICC line in her right arm.
01:22
We established access and have a 20 in her arm.
01:24
We have given four.
01:27
One kilogram of glucagon for precaution.
01:31
Patient is a DNR and not wearing her braces.
01:34
We have paperwork and will give you a call if needed.
01:37
Any questions, comments or concerns?
01:42
Is unresponsiveness due to trauma?
01:49
Staff reported no known illness besides the UTI and no trauma.
01:55
She has occasional spasms in her right arm.
02:01
They said that started last night and continued this morning.
02:06
On CN 50.
02:08
Copy that one again.
02:11
Copy.
02:14
You're clear.
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Location mentioned:
Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792
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