72-year-old man at Elmwood Drive struggles breathing

Heard on: Colonial Heights City Fire and EMS

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Medic 934, sick unknown medical problem, (number withheld) Elmwood Drive.

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Medic 934, sick unknown medical problem, (number withheld) Elmwood Drive.

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Cross streets are Cedarwood Avenue and Woodside Avenue.

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Priority one, high.

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Time out 2211.

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934 Ralph.

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931, we're out.

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31 to (number withheld) Elmwood Drive.

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Correction: (number withheld) Elmwood Drive, across from Cedarwood Avenue, Woodside Avenue.

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For a seventy-two year old male, conscious and breathing and talking normally.

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He's lethargic, his oxygen's up and down.

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He's experiencing difficulty breathing.

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He has an inhaler, unsure if he's used it.

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History of paralysis from the waist down, suprapubic catheter possible.

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UTI, twenty-two 13 .

9/6/2026 07:11 PM

Medical Emergency

Woodside Ave, Colonial Heights, VA 23834

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a home near Elmwood Drive and Woodside Avenue for a 72-year-old man who was conscious and breathing but lethargic with fluctuating oxygen levels and difficulty breathing. He reportedly has an inhaler and a possible history of a urinary tract infection and a catheter.