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Man experiences severe foot pain and discoloration after surgery, Ames IA
Emergency responders assisted a 50-year-old man near South Sherman Avenue who had severe pain and discoloration in his left foot after recent vascular surgery.
Audio|Heard on: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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Medical Assist[1], Rescue 3, near South Sherman Avenue, Unit 3, cross-off South 2nd Street and South 3rd Street, STAC1.
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Medical Assist[1], near South Sherman Avenue, Unit 6,
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STACC1.
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Ames, 7.25.
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Copy. Fifty-year-old male, conscious and breathing, having severe pain in his left foot and it is turning purple.
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He did advise he had vascular surgery recently.
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Sorry.
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James Rescue 3.
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Go on.
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We're en route and direct.
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Copy, 22 over.
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Medical Assist: Medical assistance call
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S Sherman Ave, Ames, IA 50010
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