Medical response for elderly woman with breathing issues, Blue Ridge VA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency medical personnel responded to an elderly woman near Blue Ridge Drive reporting breathing difficulties, a racing heart, back pain, headache, and ringing in her ears. She has a history of scoliosis and COPD and did not find relief using an inhaler.
Audio|Heard on: Botetourt Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Section Medic 7, hot response, near Blue Ridge Drive, breathing problems.
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Room 8, Medic 7, Hot Response, near Blue Ridge Drive, breathing problems.
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And we're out channel here, place.
00:37
Medics unbiased.
00:38
Go ahead.
00:41
You're responding for a 75-year-old female.
00:43
Feels like her heart's racing, complaining in back pain, but does have a history of scoliosis.
00:48
Difficulty breathing is responding normally,
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complaining to being clammy, does have a history of COPD, has used the inhaler with no relief.
00:58
Also complaining of a headache and ringing in her ears, requesting that you all come to the front door to the residence, not the sliding glass.
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Location mentioned:
Blue Ridge Dr, Blue Ridge, VA 24064
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