Elderly patient with flu suffers difficulty breathing, Cleveland TN
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, an 84-year-old patient near Elkmont Circle is experiencing difficulty breathing after being released from the hospital with the flu. The patient is wheezing and has done a breathing treatment before going to bed.
Audio|Heard on: Bradley County & Cleveland Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 2, difficulty breathing, near Elkmont Circle southeast.
00:08
It should have been said now.
00:26
Correction, I'm sorry, I think it's 12.
00:29
No, difficult to read.
00:32
So, respondent.
00:38
Not copy, I'll show your response.
00:40
It's only near Elkmont Circle SE, near Elkmont Circle SE.
00:46
Have an 84-year-old male, weight approximately 175 pounds.
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Having difficulty breathing.
00:52
He has the flu, was released from the hospital today.
00:57
He said he's sleeping right now and states that he's wheezing, not breathing normally.
01:02
He did do a breathing treatment before he went to bed.
01:05
Engine two.
01:07
Engine two.
01:16
We shut off the gas to the water heater.
01:19
She has somebody en route to look at it.
01:22
There's no hazards here.
01:23
You can show engine two back in service.
01:25
Command terminated.
01:27
Two en route.
01:29
That copy, not team 49.
01:35
I'll show you here out it's near Elkmont Circle Southeast near Elkmont Circle Southeast it's an 84 year old female difficulty breathing said that she has the flu was just released from the hospital today it's now having a difficulty breathing they can hear her wheezing right now she did do a breathing treatment before bed
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Location mentioned:
Elkmont Cir, Cleveland, TN 37323
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