Woman with breathing distress taken to hospital, Towson MD
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a forty-seven-year-old woman was transported by Baltimore County paramedics from a group home near York Rd in Towson to St. Joseph's Hospital after experiencing respiratory distress. She had a history of congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation, low blood pressure, and signs of breathing difficulty. Paramedics reported her oxygen level, blood pressure, and other vitals during transport, and administered one dose of nitroglycerin.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
St. Joseph's on the line.
00:02
This is Baltimore County Paramedic two coming to your facility with a priority two respiratory distress.
00:07
We'll be ETA 5 minutes.
00:08
On board I have a forty-seven year old female, conscious, alert, and oriented.
00:15
Patient picked up from a group home.
00:16
She does have an intellectual disability.
00:18
She has congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and is hypotensive.
00:24
Okay, gave a call.
00:25
Stated that she had been having trouble breathing all day, worse in the last 30 minutes.
00:29
Her respirations are approximately thirty-five per minute and eighty-four percent on room air.
00:34
She has some decreased breath sounds at the base.
00:37
Some discomfort in her chest.
00:39
How are you?
00:40
Hazards all.
00:42
Patient states oxygen saturation is ninety-six percent.
00:47
Blood pressure one hundred ninety-six over eighty.
00:49
Heart rate is seventy-four.
00:51
She has a history of atrial fibrillation, transferred to facility.
00:57
Patient's blood sugar was one hundred six.
01:02
Given one nitroglycerin.
01:04
If you have any further questions, I will proceed to monitor this patient in approximately four or five minutes.
01:10
How do you copy?
01:12
And what's your oxygen?
01:15
It only has some oxygen at ninety-two percent.
01:20
Copy that. And you gave one nitroglycerin to the patient.
01:24
Thanks.
01:26
Station fifty, one nitroglycerin with response on label.
01:31
Copy that, we'll see you in a couple of minutes.
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Location mentioned:
York Rd, Towson, MD 21204
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