Medic transports woman with severe breathing issue, Madison WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics from Medic 7 transported a 67-year-old woman from her home near South Brooks Street to St. Mary's Hospital in Madison after she experienced severe breathing difficulty and required airway management. She had a chronic history of respiratory problems and dialysis. Emergency personnel performed airway intervention and administered medication during transport.
Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Go ahead.
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Good morning, St.
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Mary's Madison Medic Number Seven.
00:04
We are en route with a 67-year-old female coming from home.
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We initially got called for breathing difficulty.
00:14
Patient was unable to become ambulatory due to shortness of breath.
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Does have a chronic history of breathing problems as well as dialysis.
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Only able to speak in one to two word sentences.
00:26
Was belly breathing quite a bit.
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A lot of retransmitted.
00:29
Initial SpO2 was around seventy-two percent.
00:33
Got her on some oxygen, hardly brought that off.
00:36
Got her in the back of the ambulance where she started to decompensate and became listless, unable to maintain her own airway.
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So we elected to secure her airway.
00:49
She is currently being ventilated at a normal regular rate.
00:54
Initial set of vitals: blood pressure 130 over seventy-eight, heart rate eighty-four regular.
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SpO2 right now at 70 percent and climbing.
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End-tidal CO2 is at fifty-six.
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Otherwise for medications, we started with 0.5 mg.
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Established IV access, administered Solu-Medrol and ketamine.
01:22
Two hundred administered.
01:23
Like I said, we do have.
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End-tidal monitoring with a seven-oh tube, bagging appropriately at this time.
01:32
About to go with some post-intubation medication.
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Other than that, we are en route to your facility and will be there in approximately six to eight minutes.
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Location mentioned:
S Brooks St, Madison, WI 53715
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