60-year-old man short of breath at airport terminal, Bluefield WV
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Medical EmergencyA 60-year-old man at Mercer County Airport terminal was experiencing shortness of breath. He has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was supposed to be using oxygen at 4 liters per minute but was not wearing it.
Audio|Heard on: Mercer County Public Safety Dispatch
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02:12
Transcript:
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Catch our boys at Rescue, Princeton Rescue, Green Valley, need response,
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300 Markell Drive.
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Again,
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300 Markell Drive off airport road.
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Have a 60-year-old now, short of breath, supposed to wear oxygen,
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4 liters per minute but does not have it on right now.
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Also, it does have COPD.
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This is going to be the airport.
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Prince. Princeton Base, did you have traffic?
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Yes, ma'am, I'll just be not wish that we copied your page.
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Stand for it.
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Pressure Control, for instance, 611 will be relying to page traffic, and go ahead.
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611. I have you responding to 1146.
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Incident number 64028, again 64028.
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You're responding to 300 Markell Drive.
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This is going to be the airport.
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I have a 60-year-old male, short of breath, supposed to be wearing oxygen at 4 liters.
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It does not have it on right now.
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It does have COPD.
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He's going to be in the main terminal,
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1147.
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Janeforth.
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Control.
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We put A14 to spot me as well.
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814 Avenue, we're at 1147 incident number 64028, again 64028.
01:54
You're also responding 300 Markell Drive.
01:58
This is going to be in the airport, 60-year-old male, short of breath.
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It's supposed to have oxygen on at 4 liters per minute but does not have it on right now.
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It's going to be in the main terminal.
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It does have history of COPD.
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Location mentioned:
Mercer County Airport, 300 Markell Dr #200, Bluefield, WV 24701
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