Infant with respiratory distress treated on Windswept Road, Roanoke VA
Medical EmergencyMedical personnel responded to Windswept Road in Botetourt County for an eight-month-old male infant experiencing respiratory distress. The child, who has Down syndrome, was breathing rapidly despite oxygen therapy. The child showed no color changes and was responding normally but had cyanotic lips before oxygen was given. There is a suspicion the child may have aspirated and had previous breathing issues after birth.
Audio|Source: Botetourt Fire and EMS
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Medics 7 respond, 393, Windswept Road, breathing problem.
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Repeating medic 7, respond, 393, Windswept Road, breathing problem.
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Hot response, channel 318407.
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By the time, medic seven, this morning.
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849-49, this is going to be an 849.
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This is going to be an eight-month-old.
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male child and respiratory distress,
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and they're advising a Down syndrome patient,
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respiratory at a 60 a minute on one liter of oxygen,
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no difficulty crying between breaths, not changing color, is responding normally,
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was cyanotic run in his lips prior to oxygen, police he may have aspirated, was in a queue for a while after being born and had breathing problems at that time.
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Modetopat Medi 7 is unseen.
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Botetourt County, VA
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