Elderly man chokes on shrimp at North Market Street

Heard on: Lawrence County Fire and EMS - North

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(number withheld) KRS station 8200 echo response (number withheld) North Market Street, (number withheld) North Market Street in Wilmington Borough, cross of Short Street.

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Going to be for a male that's choking, 80 year old male that's choking.

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Utilize EMS response LUC 1745 .

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Eight thousand 200 .

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Eight thousand 200 and twenty-one.

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Adam,

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copy on 8200 and twenty-one to handle.

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We're checking to see if ambulance seventy-nine may be closer.

00:39

They had responded at Jameson with a patient earlier.

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Hey, so we're showing about an eight-minute ETA to that.

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Copy. Eight-minute ETA, seventy-four seconds.

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All right, it sounds like he has it out now.

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It was a large piece of shrimp.

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However, they still want the ambulance to respond.

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That's received. Is this a business?

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Negative.

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Received.

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I would have seen eighty-two twenty-one.

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AT20, when you can stand down.

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Ambulance 79 only has about a seven-minute ETA there.

5/9/2026 02:43 PM

Medical Emergency

N Market St, New Wilmington, PA 16142

Elderly man chokes on shrimp at North Market Street

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a location near North Market Street in Wilmington Borough for an elderly man who was choking. The object causing the obstruction was cleared, but medical personnel continued to respond as a precaution.

Elderly man chokes on shrimp at North Market Street

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