Incident description from the call taker: “80YOF, LABOURED BREATHING. WAS UNCONS BUT HAS IMPROVED AFTER BEING GIVEN FIRST AID BY CARE HOME.”
Blue call to the hospital from the ambulance crew: “We’re bringing in a 80 year old female, a dementia patient, with severe difficulty in breathing. She was given 5 minutes of CPR by the care home. Cardiac arrest was never confirmed. Now showing sternal swelling and obvious discomfort. Pulse (normal), oxygen saturation levels (a bit low), respiratory rate (a bit fast), blood pressure (normal).”
Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
