Woman with possible broken ankle in pain on Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs CO


A woman on Gold Camp Road in Colorado Springs has a possible broken left ankle and severe pain. She is breastfeeding a five-month-old baby. Medical responders are requesting guidance on safe pain medication for breastfeeding patients but have no cell service, so they communicate by radio.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
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7.15. We're up here on Gold Camp with a possible broken left ankle.
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She's in a ton of pain. She's breastfeeding a five-month-old. Is there a direction for pain management with meds on breastfeeding patients?
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You're going to have to do a med consult,
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but fennel should be fine.
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Go and do a med consult and then it's going to be based on what the patient raised requesting.
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Okay, fentanyl over ketamine,
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and we don't have any cell phone service up here, so we'd have to do it via radio.
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Okay, copy that. Stand by and let me get some direction for you, okay?
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Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs, CO
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