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Man with severe breathing issues at nursing home, Elizabethtown KY
Emergency medical services responded to a 40-year-old man at a nursing home in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, who was experiencing severe shortness of breath while on supplemental oxygen.
Audio|Heard on: Hardin County Fire and EMS
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Squad 12. Squad 12.
00:01
Respond to near Woodland Drive.
00:05
Near Woodland Drive and Elizabeth Town cross streets of Lehman Lane and Mercer Street at E-town Nursing and Rehab for breathing problems.
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Timeout, 844.
00:30
Go ahead.
00:36
I have you in service at 846 responding to near Woodland Drive, near Woodland Drive in Elizabeth Town, cross streets of Lehman Lane and Mercer Street at E-Town Nursing and Rehab for a 40-year-old male with shortness of air.
00:49
He's on 40 liters of oxygen with an 88 percent oxygen set.
00:54
Medical staff is with the patient.
00:55
He is alert.
00:56
He's been having difficulty breathing all day.
00:58
He's in room 36.
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Elizabethtown, KY
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