72-year-old man with respiratory failure at Iowa City Rehab

Heard on: Johnson County Fire/EMS

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Johnson County Ambulance and Engine Four, JCAT Four One,

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respond to breathing problems.

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Iowa City Rehab and Healthcare Center, at 3661 Rochester Avenue, Unit Thirty One, Iowa City.

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Cross streets are East Perry Drive and Lex Avenue.

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JCAT One Twenty Five arrived at the north over to you.

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Copy. Twenty Five.

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You got eight.

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Zero, it's 02:40 , 1040 .

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Ten 40 .

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(name withheld), how much for a sign?

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Copy.

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Ten four.

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En route to Iowa City Rehab, 3661 Rochester, room 31 .

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Seventy two year old male, conscious breathing, 60 % room air oxygen.

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He has acute respiratory failure and COPD.

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Responding normally, unknown difficulty speaking between breaths.

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Code three response.

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Copy that.

2026-10-29 03:18 UTC

Medical Emergency

Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a care facility on Rochester Avenue in Iowa City for a reported breathing problem involving a 72-year-old man with possible acute respiratory failure and COPD. The patient was conscious and breathing but required oxygen, and responders were sent with a code three response.