Hospice patient taken to hospital for catheter issues, St Cloud MN
Medical EmergencyA 76-year-old hospice patient from a nursing home was taken to the hospital emergency room for a blocked urinary catheter that could not be changed and bladder bleeding. The patient is stable and will return to the nursing home after treatment. He is not admitted to the hospital due to hospice care.
Audio|Source: Benton and Stearns County Public Safety
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Ambulance 542 to St.
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Cloud Hospital's patient report?
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Core 4.4.
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We are en route to your facility with a 76-year-old male.
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Coming from Mother of Mercy nursing home, he is a hospice patient.
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However,
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he has a blocked Foley catheter that they were not able to change.
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They attempted several times.
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He has 1,000 skin in his bladder,
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and there is some bleeding.
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He is coming to the ER to have his catheter changed, and then back to the nursing home.
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He is not to be admitted because he is hospice.
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He's lily stable, resting comfortably should be to your facility in approximately...
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Seven minutes.
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Near 6th Ave N, St Cloud, MN 56303
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