Medical response for toddler with breathing difficulty, Des Moines IA


Emergency responders were dispatched to a location near 54th Street for a 19-month-old boy experiencing difficulty breathing. The child was alert but struggling and wheezing. The mother reported past respiratory issues for the child. Dispatch could hear the child's breathing distress during the call.
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Medic 9, Truck 9, 412, 54th Street,
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near 54th Street, breathing difficulty.
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Medicinate 9, Truck 9, both units response 3 on Channel 2, 10-0-23-53.
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This area.
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I don't believe this evening now.
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Give you a call a little bit.
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Copy that.
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All year, it's back 10, 2353.
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Right,
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is the ditches in, senior vehicles.
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Copy UTL vehicles.
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So we're out 2909 Woodland on breathing problems realize.
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Thank you.
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3055.
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Breathing problem.
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Engine five minutes five, response three, channel two, 2355.
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Now you're going to near 54th Street, near 54th Street on breathing problems.
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We've got a 19-month-old boy, alert, conscious difficulty breathing.
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Mom is complaining of wheezing and struggling.
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He's had RSV in the past.
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Dispatch could hear the baby in distress and struggling to breathe in the background.
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Location mentioned:
Near 54th St, Des Moines, IA 50310
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