Man experiences chest pain and breathing difficulty, Reading PA
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Medical EmergencyA 50-year-old man near Walnut Street experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing with pain radiating to his right arm. EMS responded but the man refused EMS care and cancelled the call.
Audio|Heard on: City of Reading Fire/EMS
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01:41
Transcript:
00:00
Medic 3, near Walnut Street, Church to North 6th Street, Nihals, Medical 044446.
00:09
46. Medic 3, Walnut Street.
00:17
Take three, second, four, room number one, 50-year-old male chest pain, difficulty breathing, pain into the right arm.
00:22
Spina speaking only on an hospital.
00:26
Okay.
00:31
Okay.
00:32
...to-a-taught patient.
00:36
Medical one location 0448.
00:39
Okay,
00:44
one radio.
00:53
Medical one.
00:54
He called the phone back.
00:55
I'll come downstairs, (name withheld).
01:01
What was the third party called? He called some sort of nurse's line and they called us.
01:07
Okay.
01:08
How should we do it's phone number? I'll try it.
01:11
Thank you.
01:16
All right a nice freeze on me.
01:19
Okay, medical free.
01:21
Okay,
01:22
medical one.
01:28
All right.
01:35
He said that he was not going to get dressed and he's waiting for a package.
01:38
He does not want EMS at this time and you could cancel.
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Location mentioned:
Walnut St, Reading, PA 19601
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