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65-year-old man with breathing difficulty in Archuleta County, Archuleta County CO
A 65-year-old man in Archuleta County is experiencing difficulty breathing. He has a recent rib injury treated last week. Emergency responders were dispatched to his home near Road 3260. Communication was difficult due to a poor phone connection. The man is home alone and has requested assistance.
Audio|Heard on: Four Corners Area Fire and EMS
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02:42
Transcript:
00:00
County Rescue 21 Medic 2, breathing trouble near Row 3260.
00:06
County Rescue 21, Medic 2, breathing trouble near Road 3260.
00:11
65-year-old male advised he had broken ribs and was treated last week for that.
00:17
Today he's having trouble breathing.
00:19
At a very bad phone connection, but he did confirm the address and requested assistance.
00:25
He said he's home alone.
00:27
We're going to try to get him back on the phone if possible.
00:29
So far, no luck on that.
00:31
The timeout 449,
00:33
Tag Channel 87.
00:37
Dedact to responding.
00:43
Okay,
00:48
I have 451.
00:50
This time is up 453.
00:56
Anyone responding from Central District for 3260 please advise?
01:10
Medic 7, can you advise the emergency room that will be coming in with a substance alert with an ATA of approximately 15 to 20 minutes?
01:25
We'll advise them that.
01:26
Are you transporting now?
01:33
Transporting right now.
01:35
Medics 7 transporting at 4.55.
01:38
Break.
01:40
Medic 2, do you want to retone for a fire?
01:48
That too, that's a affirmative.
01:53
Copy that central zone, stand by.
02:07
Central zone county division one for info and county rescue 21 this is retone for breathing difficulty near row 3260 central zone county division one and county rescue 21 this is retone for breathing difficulty near road 3260 65-year-old male.
02:24
He had broken ribs and was treated last week.
02:28
It's a 97 difficulty breathing.
02:30
It's a very bad phone connection.
02:32
He did confirm the address, though,
02:34
and we've had negative contact on our callback attempt.
02:39
Timeout 456.
02:41
Tac Channel 87.
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Archuleta County, CO
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