Elderly man with severe breathing difficulty and swelling

Heard on: Humboldt County Law, Fire and EMS - Eureka and South

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1401, code two, level three, ALS.

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First thing on, go to one.

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I've got about a four-minute ETA to the building.

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Report of an eighty-one, eighty-one-year-old male.

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Chief complaint of difficulty breathing.

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Coming on increasingly worse over the last twenty-four hours, forty-eight hours.

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Also increased abdominal swelling and lower leg edema, cellulitis.

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Increase.

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He's in O four, however, extremely.

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Speaking in one word, sense is he's setting at 84 % on room air.

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Upon our arrival, I've got him up to 100 % .

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His lungs sound pretty fluid filled.

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Hypertensive at 209 over 117 .

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Got a sinus rhythm at about 98 .

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Working on further ALS.

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I'll see you in about 4 min .

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Any questions?

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(number withheld) South 15th Street.

2026-10-21 19:21 UTC

Medical Emergency

S 15th St, Fortuna, CA 95540

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a medical call for an elderly man with worsening breathing difficulty, abdominal swelling, leg swelling, low oxygen levels, and high blood pressure at a location on South 15th Street in Fortuna. Advanced life support responders provided care and reported improving oxygen levels after arrival.