Cardiac arrest of elderly man at Evansdale residence, Evansdale IA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders were dispatched to a residence near Brookside Avenue in Evansdale for a 79-year-old man who was unresponsive and not breathing, reportedly coughing up blood. The man was sitting in a chair and CPR had not yet started because he could not be laid down.
Audio|Heard on: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
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237 is going to be a cardiac arrest near Brookside Avenue crossing Fox and Colleen.
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237 for cardiac arrest near Brookside Avenue crossing Fox and Colleen.
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Yeah, mercy one while we're available, available a chance.
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035.
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Go ahead.
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Be able to take a cardiac arrest in Evansdale.
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We do not have them available right now.
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1040. 035 are we going to near Brookside Avenue across from Fox and Colleen.
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Reporting party is not very cooperative, but they're saying they have a 79-year-old male who is not breathing and unresponsive.
00:53
Just previously coughing up blood and R.P.
00:56
Cannot feel a cold.
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She's unable to get him on the ground to start CPR.
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The subject is currently sitting in a chair.
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Location mentioned:
Brookside Ave, Evansdale, IA 50707
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