Medical response for woman with breathing difficulty, Buchanan VA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency medical response dispatched to Carilion Clinic in Buchanan for a 75-year-old woman experiencing shortness of breath and possible flu or COVID. She is conscious and breathing but oxygen levels decrease when she moves. Testing is ongoing.
Audio|Heard on: Botetourt Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Medic 3, County 12, respond, Carilion Clinic, Buchanan,
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near Main street, breathing problems, attack 3.
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Repeating Medic 3, County 12, respond, Carilion Clinic, Buchanan, near Main street, and breathing problems to 3,
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(number withheld).
00:51
Medic 3 here responding.
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Carilion Clinic, Buchanan, 75-year-old female conscious and breathing,
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does shortness of breath,
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possibly has either the flu or COVID.
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They are testing her now.
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Whenever she's moving around, her O2 goes down into the 70s,
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she's responding normally,
01:12
not changing color this time.
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Hot response, TAC 3, (number withheld).
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County 12 also in round, TAC 3.
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Buchanan, VA 24066
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