Patient with breathing issues taken to hospital, San Marcos CA
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics transported a middle-aged man experiencing shortness of breath and low oxygen levels to Kaiser San Marcos Hospital. The patient reported ongoing breathing difficulties over several weeks, and paramedics provided treatment during transport. The situation appears to be a medical emergency related to a potential respiratory condition.
Audio|Heard on: San Diego CA Hospital Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Hey Sharp, Medic 42 here, got him out of status medically, looking to head to Kaiser San Marcos.
00:05
Last four of the run number is going to be (number withheld).
00:09
Looking at about a 10-minute ETA.
00:12
I copy. It looks like they're open.
00:13
Go ahead.
00:14
All right, Sharp.
00:15
So Medic 42 is headed to Kaiser San Marcos with a (name withheld) male today.
00:19
Chief complaint is shortness of breath.
00:22
Patient states that for the last five weeks he's had difficulty catching his breath during routine activities, stating that it has woken him in his sleep.
00:33
He needed to use his albuterol inhaler to manage this shortness of breath over the last couple weeks, but it's not really doing anything.
00:40
It sounds like it goes back to being as bad as it was prior to the medication about an hour later.
00:47
He denies any associated chest pain.
00:50
There's some occasional dizziness associated with it, but otherwise no headache, nausea or vomiting.
00:58
He states that he's also had a cough associated with this shortness of breath.
01:02
He states that he does cough up clear sputum,
01:05
but other than that denies any other cold conditions.
01:09
Or flu-like symptoms, including a fever.
01:11
Denies testing himself for COVID as well, so there's unknown about that factor.
01:17
As far as vital signs go, currently the patient is breathing approximately 20 to 22 times a minute.
01:22
At room air he was saturating at 88%.
01:25
He did have expiratory wheezes in all fields upon auscultation.
01:31
He's alert and oriented times three, pupils are PERRL at three, and moving all extremities; negative on Stroke Scale.
01:38
The last blood pressure that we got was 138 over 93.
01:43
Sinus on the monitor, rate of 97.
01:46
Temperature was 97.0, tympanic.
01:50
We'll have a history, allergies, and meds upon arrival, but it looks like the permanent history may be asthma.
01:56
As far as treatment goes, patient is getting albuterol treatment from us and got some treatment from the Kaiser facility that he was just at.
02:07
I'll have that upon our turnover.
02:08
But I'm not seeing any other treatment.
02:12
Is there anything else I can get for you to clear this picture up?
02:15
I copy all that.
02:16
Just want to make sure his room air sat was low.
02:19
He's doing fine on the net, I'm assuming.
02:21
My apologies about that.
02:22
Yeah, 98% on net treatment at the moment.
02:26
I copy. I will give Kaiser San Marcos a call.
02:28
We can go ahead and clear.
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Location mentioned:
Rush Dr, San Marcos, CA 92078
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