Man with COPD and heart failure has breathing difficulty

Heard on: Carroll County Public Safety and Galax City Fire / EMS

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Three and four, respond to (number withheld) Fish Lake Road for breathing difficulty.

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Sir, copy.

00:14

Hey, copy, hero.

00:22

Take two, take common route.

00:28

Going to the Fish Lake Road call or the Danville Pike call?

00:35

This is Medic Two and we're going to the Danville Pike call.

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Hey, true.

00:52

Crossroads is going to be Solar Drive and Danville Pike.

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94 year old male, blood sugar was going up.

00:59

Was in the 300s, now at 567.

01:03

They just called back advising that he is not able to respond to any questions now, and his oxygen levels have dropped into the 50s.

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Over.

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This is 410.

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Copy that, 410.

01:33

Medic four, your cross streets are going to be Appomattox Road, Appomattox Drive.

01:40

It's one for forty-year-old male,

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difficulty breathing, COPD, and just heart failure.

2026-10-31 04:41 UTC

Medical Emergency

Fish Lake Rd, Cana, VA 24317

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a possible medical emergency involving a 94-year-old man with worsening blood sugar and oxygen levels near Solar Drive and Danville Pike. Another unit was sent to a separate call near Fish Lake Road for a 40-year-old man with breathing difficulty, COPD, and heart failure.