Medical emergency involving elderly female with confusion and weakness, Eldridge IA
Medical EmergencyAn elderly woman at a public park experienced confusion, weakness, and possible fall. She has kidney disease and a dialysis port. EMS found her lethargic and only responsive to herself. Oxygen saturation was low initially but improved with oxygen. The woman was found next to her bed and had progressively worsened over a day. Medical history is limited, and family reports she was normal the previous day.
Audio|Source: Davenport and Quad Cities Metro Police, Fire / EMS
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Brant here's facility emergent with approximately at about 6, 7 minutes.
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I've gone on 4 approximately 72-year-old paying out cheap complaints today of confusion,
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possible fall,
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weakness of lethargy profound over the past 24 hours.
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The patient is coming from Park Vista, but the independent side, there's no medical care that supervises this patient.
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Their spouse was on scene, but the spouse was almost equally...
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is confused and I don't believe it was a good historian.
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I found some medication bottles on the scene.
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I took a couple notes for those, but I really don't have much for medical history other than kidney disease.
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She does have a port for dialysis in her right chest.
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We found her on her side next to her bed, family reports that it last saw her yesterday,
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acting normally, and just since then, progressively got worse.
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I don't have an exact time frame.
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Current set of us currently are 163 over 72, 163 over 72.
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Part of 64, 64, respirations initially on scene were snoring respirations, roughly in the,
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roughly about 16, 14 minutes,
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did not get a room.
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Didn't get an initial room air saturation once we got our name, once we got about 86% on room air.
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I've got around four leaders by cannula at 99% right now.
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I want shorter of 137-137.
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She's alert and range of times one of herself.
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She's not able to answer any one of the questions.
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She's very tired and lethargic, or she's answering my questions.
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Choke scale is negative.
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Times one attempt for an IV on 6,000.
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I'm going to try again here.
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I want to wait, you're using some silly.
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Give me other questions of orders for me.
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The questions that order is give you room-pot arrival, I think.
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Room room to arrive, clear.
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Location mentioned:
Crandall Park, Eldridge, IA 52748
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