Medical emergency for elderly man breathing difficulty, Damascus MD
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a medical emergency involving an 80-year-old man having trouble breathing near Shelldrake Circle, Damascus, MD. No answer at the door led to authorized forced entry.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A1 Ops 1
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02:5
Transcript:
00:00
Paramic engine 750 ambulance simpler 1 problem engine 705 problems responding to the troubled brain ALS1[1].
00:07
4313 Trident Street.
00:13
Paramac engine 716 ambulance 716 responding on the scene to be overdone SALS1[1] 711 University Boulevard potty branch room.
00:26
Paramac engine 713, Paramedic 734-734-734 and MS-705 responding for the cardiac or ALS 2.
00:33
Near Shelldrake Circle.
00:38
1946.
00:40
Not ready, paramedic 716, can you advise if assistance will be needed then?
00:53
All right a good time of 13 on January.
00:55
Can you call back and confirm near Shelldrake Circle? I got no answer at the door.
01:03
My government, if I have my attention 713.
01:06
We'll attempt a callback with the call taker.
01:09
They got voicing all a callback at times 2 for the location.
01:13
Looking through the notes.
01:15
Originally the call was for an 80-year-old male with trouble breathing, and then we must sit on the phone and got disconnected.
01:22
He was gasping for air on the line.
01:25
That's all we have.
01:30
Okay.
01:33
Can you do a rapid SOS just to see if we can get the location on the caller?
01:42
That's correct.
01:43
Paramedic 713 we're working on.
01:45
Stay-bye.
01:51
Paramic engine 713,
01:53
The caller confirmed the address, near Shelldrake.
01:58
And someone should be pulled in shortly.
02:00
Go ahead, force entry.
02:03
Copy that. Force entry right now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ALS1: Advanced Life Support Level 1 emergency medical response with highest priority.
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Location mentioned:
Shelldrake Cir, Damascus, MD 20872
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