Teen with brain tumor has numbness, breathing issues

Heard on: Milwaukee County WI EMS-Talk

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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This is Med 91, incident number GF 267377.

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We're headed to Children's Hospital today with a 19-year-old male.

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Patient has a brain stem tumor and a shunt that was placed.

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Family was attempting to take him to a hospital because he had sudden onset numbness in both arms.

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When he began having difficulty breathing on the drive there, they pulled over and called 911.

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Currently, vital signs are blood pressure is 147 over 55 with a heart rate of 1.

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Twenty-four.

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He's sitting at 100 % on ten liters via non-rebreather mask at the time with an end tidal of twenty-two zero.

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Respiratory rate of twenty-four twenty-four.

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He's an O times four with a GCS of 15 .

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He does have full body tremors and reports lack of feeling in both arms bilaterally.

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We should be to children's in just about seven to 10 min .

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Do you have any questions or comments for me?

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No questions. I'll advise children's by tonight.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

2026-11-11 22:25 UTC

Medical Emergency

W Connell Ct, Milwaukee, WI 53226

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, eMS reports transporting a 19-year-old male with a brain stem tumor and shunt to a children's hospital after he developed sudden numbness in both arms and difficulty breathing while his family was driving him there. He is on oxygen and being monitored en route.