Elderly man in respiratory distress taken to hospital, Poway CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel transported a 73-year-old man experiencing acute respiratory distress and possible congestive heart failure to Pomerado Hospital. The patient had a history of dialysis treatment and low oxygen levels. He was placed on CPAP and treated according to the congestive heart failure protocol while en route.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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11981198, I have again the acute status respiratory patient en route to Pomerado with a 10–15 minute ETA.
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Seventy-three-year-old male coming from home with acute onset of shortness of breath.
00:09
Sounds like CHF.
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He is a dialysis patient.
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He actually gets peritoneal dialysis, but he has not done it today yet.
00:18
He does make a little bit of urine, not much.
00:20
He says that this has happened to him before, but like I said, acute onset tonight about an hour ago.
00:25
Acute respiratory distress, hypoxia.
00:28
He's got bilateral basilar rales noted in a little bit of areas, about eighty-two percent on room air.
00:33
One hundred and forty-seven over sixty-eight.
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Current blood pressure 120, atrial fibrillation on the monitor.
00:42
He's still only about ninety-two percent on our CPAP.
00:46
He has one of nitro 0.4.
00:48
We'll continue with CHF protocol as long as the pressure is adequate, and like I said, we're about 10–15 minutes from Pomerado.
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Location mentioned:
Pomerado Rd, Poway, CA 92064
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