Elderly male with breathing difficulty near Loomis Ave, Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyA 78-year-old male smoker near Loomis Ave apartment 2 is experiencing difficulty breathing and cannot walk. He is unsure if the issue is related to COVID or smoking and has no asthma diagnosis.
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Medics 6, truck 6, near Loomis Ave, unit number two on breathing problems.
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Near Loomis Ave, number two, 6 and 6, Go Response 3, Channel 2, time out 6.30.
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458, click on the West End 1street and 10.
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Robbie, we're going to access to Noxie from 459.
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Okay.
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Go on. 01 and service 632
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It took about 25 minutes to get an address from this guy because he doesn't know where he lives and he has a 911 only phone, but you're going to near Loomis Ave, apartment 2, 78-year-old male, who's a smoker.
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He's having difficulty breathing.
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He says he's not sure if it's COVID or if it's from the cigarettes.
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He hasn't been diagnosed with COPD yet.
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He denies having asthma.
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And he can't walk.
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Last time he said he was weighed, he was 300 pounds, but he thinks he's just a couple hundred pounds now.
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Near Loomis Ave, Des Moines, IA 50315
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