# Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2015063448` · 6/5/2015 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
- **Source:** Luggage, handbags, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
- **Location:** 1701 east 23rd, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67502
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to an emergency medical call for a near drowning. The employee had to carry equipment about 1/4 mile through tall grass to get to the location. The employee had performed emergency medical treatment and then experienced lightheadedness and shortness of breath. The employee was treated in the emergency room and admitted for observation.

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