Child reported not breathing possibly choking in Iowa City, Iowa City IA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders received a report of a child not breathing at an apartment near Keokuk Street in Iowa City. The situation was suspected to involve choking. Dispatch and units communicated to locate the exact apartment and provide assistance, facing a language barrier with the child's mother.
Audio|Heard on: Johnson County Fire/EMS
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02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Johnson County Ambulance, Battalion Chief, Engine 1, and Engine 3.
00:05
Jtaf 1-3, respond to breathing problems.
00:09
At near Keokuk Street, Iowa City, cross streets are Southgate Avenue and Sandusky Avenue.
00:21
Johnson County Ambulance, Battalion Chief, Engine 1, and Engine 3.
00:27
J-Taf 1-3, respond to breathing problems.
00:31
At near Keokuk Street, Iowa City.
00:35
Cross streets are Southgate Avenue and Sandusky Avenue.
00:40
That's full respiratory arrest.
00:42
You need full arrest?
00:45
And 31 is your unit?
00:48
That's six.
00:50
Jake, I'm three responding, please track time, and DC is down.
00:54
Okay,
00:55
we're... Jaycom, two, two, and else.
01:01
Okay, six.
01:03
Jaycom, engine one.
01:05
Great.
01:07
Two minutes, everyone's good time, every one.
01:10
Move it, six.
01:12
Engine one's responding to Kukukuk.
01:16
At 10, then six.
01:19
I'm 31, Ray 1.
01:20
All right.
01:25
Dude,
01:27
that I'm at that 6. Cantico 3, 233, Keukukukh Street.
01:31
Talking to mom, there's a bit of a language barrier.
01:33
By the five-day-old son was puking,
01:38
and at one point reported that he was not breathing.
01:41
We're trying to get a breathing status.
01:44
I believe it's a choking issue.
01:47
Copy that.
01:53
We're working on an apartment number right now.
01:55
They're mapping up in the west end of the building.
01:57
I believe it's apartment seven.
02:01
Copy that apartment.
02:02
Copy that apartment.
02:03
Break out.
02:06
Check out to three's on scene.
02:12
Hello.
02:17
Nothing.
02:21
They work.
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Location mentioned:
Keokuk St, Iowa City, IA 52240
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