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It is a bright, sunny but cold wintry day when you and your partner is dispatched in reference to an "unresponsive female". You and your partner discuss that it is unusual to have to respond to calls in this part of the "wealthy neighborhood".
You arrive to the address, and pull up to the cobblestone driveway, you notice the rescue squad unit is already at the scene. The home, which your partner describes as a "mansion" is a multi story, with large 20 foot tall doors, and the "maid" greets you as enter toward the door. She informs you the patient is "upstairs" and in her broken English, describes the "husband not able to wake up the misses". The maid is obviously upset, with interruption of periods of crying and rapid Spanish.
As you climb the "plush" carpeted stairs, your partner whom is very wise is counting the steps as you go toward the patient so you will know how many you will have to go down...but that will be later.
You enter a very large master bedroom and with several firefighters and an apparent concerned male, being questioned by one of the firefighters. You immediately assume that is the spouse, and focus your attention to the patient. You see a female that appears to be in her upper mid 30's to 40'ish, laying supine, transverse across the bed.
You hear the sound of oxygen being supplied as the "good firefighters" has applied oxygen at 15> lpm per NRBM.
The squad Lt. gives you a brief hx. of Ms. Brown is a 41 y.o. female found by her husband approximately 15 minutes ago, and could not awaken her. He then notified 9-1-1. She has no major outstanding medical history other than re-current headaches for the past two weeks which was controlled with medication(s) recently. She is an avid jogger, and society personality. Very active in the community, and her husband is popular attorney. In which your partner "elbows you to inform of this, by seeing his recurring television ads" of describing.."I know what to do, let's sue !"..
IPHX: Last seen approximately three hours ago, last meal at that same time. Patient had described "not feeling well", but the thought dismissed since all the family had the "bug" type flu recently.
Physical exam reveals an attractive 41 year-old female, that does not respond to verbal, or noxious stimulus. You note shallow respiration's, and vomitus from the patients mouth, you ask for a towel and for one of the firefighters to gather your equipment, including suction.
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R/r 911
You arrive to the address, and pull up to the cobblestone driveway, you notice the rescue squad unit is already at the scene. The home, which your partner describes as a "mansion" is a multi story, with large 20 foot tall doors, and the "maid" greets you as enter toward the door. She informs you the patient is "upstairs" and in her broken English, describes the "husband not able to wake up the misses". The maid is obviously upset, with interruption of periods of crying and rapid Spanish.
As you climb the "plush" carpeted stairs, your partner whom is very wise is counting the steps as you go toward the patient so you will know how many you will have to go down...but that will be later.
You enter a very large master bedroom and with several firefighters and an apparent concerned male, being questioned by one of the firefighters. You immediately assume that is the spouse, and focus your attention to the patient. You see a female that appears to be in her upper mid 30's to 40'ish, laying supine, transverse across the bed.
You hear the sound of oxygen being supplied as the "good firefighters" has applied oxygen at 15> lpm per NRBM.
The squad Lt. gives you a brief hx. of Ms. Brown is a 41 y.o. female found by her husband approximately 15 minutes ago, and could not awaken her. He then notified 9-1-1. She has no major outstanding medical history other than re-current headaches for the past two weeks which was controlled with medication(s) recently. She is an avid jogger, and society personality. Very active in the community, and her husband is popular attorney. In which your partner "elbows you to inform of this, by seeing his recurring television ads" of describing.."I know what to do, let's sue !"..
IPHX: Last seen approximately three hours ago, last meal at that same time. Patient had described "not feeling well", but the thought dismissed since all the family had the "bug" type flu recently.
Physical exam reveals an attractive 41 year-old female, that does not respond to verbal, or noxious stimulus. You note shallow respiration's, and vomitus from the patients mouth, you ask for a towel and for one of the firefighters to gather your equipment, including suction.
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R/r 911
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