Man treated for worsening asthma at downtown address, Reading PA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency responders treated a 25-year-old man near South 11th Street for worsening asthma symptoms including shortness of breath and wheezing. He had no inhaler medication available and had experienced symptoms worsening over a month.
Audio|Heard on: Reading Fire / EMS
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01:11
Transcript:
00:00
One, respond, near South 11th Street, Crosion, 1.
00:03
Court and Spruce Street, 4 NALS, medical, 0835.
00:22
Touch Engine 7, respond, Burn Township, 1192, Upper Van Reed Road, cross sheets of Beach, Whittling, and Hilltop Road.
00:28
This is an automated fire alarm, 0836.
00:36
No, car six.
00:39
In route to burn, left channel, please.
00:45
They're going to be an alpha.
00:52
Medic 1, you're responding to near South 11th Street, 25-year-old male, short of breath, asthma, wheezing.
00:59
The symptoms have been like this for a month, but it has gotten progressively worse today.
01:03
Doesn't have any of his inhaler medications left.
01:07
He was able to walk with assistance, precautions are not indicated requesting running 0.835.
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Location mentioned:
S 11th St, Reading, PA 19602
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