88-year-old woman struggles to breathe on oxygen support

Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS

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Medic Five, FR Two Eighty One, (number withheld) Palmers Grove Church Road, breathing problem.

00:07

Cross streets Firefly Ridge and Deer Hill Lane.

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Ops One, time out 2204 .

00:18

Thirty one's en route.

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Thirty one en route, 2205 .

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Medic two, 100 and (number withheld) Johnson Street.

00:34

Unknown problem.

00:36

Cross streets Crest Drive and Wentworth Street.

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Ops one, time out twenty-two oh five.

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Engine 31, (number withheld) Johnson Street.

00:54

Unknown problem.

00:55

Cross streets Crest Drive and Wentworth Street.

00:58

Ops one. Time out 2205.

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Medic Five Two Eighty One, responding to an eighty-eight year old female, conscious and breathing.

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Caller cannot catch her breath.

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Advised she's been on oxygen for years.

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She did advise she has a prescribed nebulizer, but she has not used it yet.

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I advised her to go use it now.

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And she disconnected before I could give further instruction.

01:35

There's a lock box code and location in the premise alert.

2026-09-17 19:04 UTC

Medical Emergency

Palmers Grove Church Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278

88-year-old woman struggles to breathe on oxygen support

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a residence near Palmers Grove Church Road for a possible breathing problem involving an 88-year-old woman who was conscious and breathing but unable to catch her breath. She had been on oxygen for years and had a prescribed nebulizer she had not yet used. The caller disconnected before further instructions could be given, and a lock box code and location were noted in the premise alert.

88-year-old woman struggles to breathe on oxygen support

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