Elderly man with pneumonia struggles to breathe

Heard on: Rural Metro Fire Department Dispatch

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20 7501 BR1 (number withheld) Redwood Circle.

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20 7501 BR1 for breathing problems, Cascade Springs Senior Living at (number withheld) Redwood Circle, room (number withheld), cross of Argo.

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Main dispatch.

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Go for 20.

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20, Phoenix 7 is responding.

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We'll have you start for station 3 currently.

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Correction, 8.

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20 copies 8.

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Patient info.

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Seven 7504 .

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This will be for an elderly male, believing he has pneumonia.

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He is fully conscious, alert, having difficulty breathing, and feeling extremely weak.

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He has coughed up blood, and has a gurgling noise when trying to breathe.

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No chest pain, no jaw pain.

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No other history of breathing issues besides pneumonia in the past.

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Copy. Highway and avenue.

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7504 copies on scene.

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Copy 7504 on scene.

2026-11-08 16:07 UTC

Medical Emergency

Redwood Cir, Grants Pass, OR 97527

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a senior living facility on Redwood Circle for an elderly man with breathing problems. He was conscious and alert but extremely weak, coughing up blood, and making a gurgling sound while trying to breathe, with a possible pneumonia history.