Elderly woman treated for breathing difficulties en route to hospital, Traverse City MI
Medical EmergencyEmergency medical team responded to a 72-year-old woman in Traverse City experiencing severe shortness of breath and fatigue after receiving CPAP treatment. She was en route to Munson hospital for further care. The patient's breathing rate was high and she was very hypertensive. She was awake but appeared tired and was receiving oxygen support.
Audio|Source: Traverse City and Grand Traverse County District 7 MSP Digital Fire / Police
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Go ahead.
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Some just update on a full fare I sent in.
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The 72-year-old female is going to see you from PACE North.
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Patient has a history of DHS came in for this healthy breathing.
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They placed drawn CPAP and gave her 40 at Lasix.
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Currently,
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very hypertensive.
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Respirations are still hanging out around 30 to 40 times a minute.
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We're up to about 85% on SPL2, showing sinus on the monitor at about 92.
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She's starting to get tired with her breathing if we got something to support her when we get there.
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I'm still having a hard time getting accurate blood pressure on it.
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Let's go in further.
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We're probably about four to five minutes hours.
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Is she still alert?
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Hey, Tom, she's still awake and alert, but I can tell she's getting kind of sleepy tired.
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But she is arousable, won't work up when I talk to her.
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Okay, I'll be going to room 38 on arrival and RTOB when you get that.
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Sounds wonderful if I-pad machine would probably be helpful as well if you can bring one with them.
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