Five-year-old boy has fever and breathing difficulty, Sistersville WV
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A five-year-old boy near Veterans Highway in Tyler County has a high fever and difficulty breathing. He was recently diagnosed with a gastrointestinal infection and is disoriented but alert. Caregivers have been trying to reduce his fever with medication for two hours.
Audio|Heard on: Tyler County EMS
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Transcript:
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Tyler County, Station 60, needs respond, near Veterans Highway,
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be Route 180,
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5-year-old male,
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fevered, station 60.
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Feeder respond,
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near Veterans Highway will be Route 180,
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5-year-old male, fevered.
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2,156.
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If you go.
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Safety,
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Tim.
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4 to 6 in route.
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486, you're in round 2158.
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Break.
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Good.
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That address, again, is near Veterans Highway.
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Again, that's Route 180.
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This will be the first driveway on your left once you go past the second loop there to Temple Circle.
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As you take this driveway, it'll fork, you'll stay to the left.
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Break.
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A five-year-old male recently diagnosed with a GI infection is having a little difficulty breathing.
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Caller descriptors just struggling a little bit, not quite normal,
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seeming very disoriented,
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is alert.
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She's been struggling to get his fever to break.
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She's been alternating Tylenol and Motrim for the past two hours.
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Currently, his fever is 103.7.
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Again,
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103.7. Go ahead.
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Location mentioned:
Veterans Hwy, Sistersville, WV 26175
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