New corona suspected fever died after being late for emergency in female Okinawa 5th August 23:45
A fire engineer who received a call for emergency transportation of a febrile woman in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture did not instruct the emergency response team to suspect a new coronavirus infection, and then a female death was confirmed. .. The city does not know the relationship between delayed dispatch and death, but it wants to respond appropriately in the future.
According to the Urasoe City Fire Department, at around 6:30 pm on the 4th, a woman in her 40s who lives alone collapsed at home and has a fever of 38 degrees,” a woman's mother called for emergency transportation. was.
The fire department official suspected infection with the new coronavirus due to the fever, neglected to confirm the intended consciousness and respiratory condition, and told the public health center to not dispatch the emergency services. ..
After about 20 minutes, the fire department confirmed that the woman had deteriorated in physical condition, and dispatched an ambulance team to the hospital, where she was found dead.
For women, a subsequent antigen test confirmed a negative result.
It is said that the relationship between the delay in dispatching and the death of women is not known, but Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto of Urasoe City said, "There was an inappropriate judgment at the first action," and in the future, at the stage of receiving the report, I showed the idea that I would like to confirm properly.