Older man treated for low oxygen and confusion after pneumonia, Petoskey MI


Emergency medical services are transporting a 75-year-old male patient who had low oxygen levels overnight. Around 4 a.m., his oxygen saturation dropped to the 70s. He was given oxygen therapy, increasing his saturation to the 90s. The patient is more confused than usual and was recently treated for pneumonia in the hospital. He has a pickline and is receiving daily antibiotics.
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McLaren ER 4D Alpha 7, in Boundier facility with a 75-year-old male coming down the hill from the villa.
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Staff called us because last night he started to become hypoxic. They noted he started to desaturate this morning around 4 a.m.
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It was down into the 70s.
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They've put him on 10 liters via nasal cannula of oxygen, or able to get his SpO2 back up to the upper 80s. We have him on 8 on a non-re breather right now, and he's at 97%.
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They say that he's more confused than he normally is, and he was just treated in the hospital for pneumonia.
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We're sent back to the facility, has a pickline in place, and is getting daily antibiotic treatments.
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Other than that, Weston of Vitals,
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117 over 65, 117 over 65.
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Pulse has been in the 70s, he's sinus rhythm on the monitor.
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Again, SVO2 is in the upper 90s, but the...
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Near Spring St, Petoskey, MI 49770
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