Elderly man with breathing trouble taken to hospital, Madison WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, an 85-year-old man from a nursing home on Madison’s east side experienced difficulty breathing about an hour earlier and was transported by paramedics to St. Mary’s Hospital. He had a productive cough, low oxygen symptoms, a cardiac condition including AFIB with RVR and a pacemaker, and tested positive for COVID-19 and a urinary tract infection.
Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Good afternoon St.
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Mary's. Med 3 is coming today with an 85-year-old male patient.
00:05
Chief complaint today of difficulty breathing.
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Patient's coming from a nursing home on the east side.
00:15
Patient is alert and oriented times one.
00:19
Patient did suffer a stroke on December 1st.
00:26
And does have some cognitive discrepancies.
00:35
With that being said,
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Difficulty breathing started about an hour ago.
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He does present with a productive cough and chunky lung sounds, ronchi.
00:45
Current set of vitals for you is 327 for sugar,
00:49
A blood pressure of 131 over 74, heart rate of.
00:54
One hundred and twenty-two.
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We did send a twelve lead over showing AFIB with RVR.
00:59
Patient does have extensive cardiac history, does have a pacemaker in,
01:05
And had two stents placed in as well.
01:11
Should be at your facility here in the next ten to twelve minutes.
01:14
Patient is a confirmed COVID patient and does currently have a UTI as well.
01:22
We're able to get a temperature of ninety-seven, but we're not trusting our thermometer at this time as he is quite warm.
01:32
So again, ten minutes out now, probably coming in hot.
01:36
Any further questions?
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Location mentioned:
S Brooks St, Madison, WI 53715
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