Elderly man struggles to breathe in apartment
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Box Elder and Weber County Public Safety
02:47
00:00
(number withheld), Adams Avenue apartment (number withheld).
00:04
Ambulance 4, (number withheld), Adams Avenue apartment (number withheld), Zulu 2.
00:15
Weber, ambulance 21, medic 21, en route to make it.
00:21
We have base 4s in that.
00:24
Copy, ambulance 4 en route.
00:27
Copy, okay.
00:33
Ambulance four, you'll be responding.
00:35
We'll respond to a sick person at (number withheld) Adams Avenue, apartment (number withheld).
00:40
That'll be (number withheld) Adams Avenue, apartment (number withheld), Town Apartments.
00:46
Patient's an 87-year-old male.
00:47
He is conscious and breathing.
00:49
He is feeling ill, saying he is shaking and unable to get dressed.
00:54
We are still gathering.
00:59
Ambulance for update.
01:01
The patient is now saying he can't get a breath and he has stopped answering questions from dispatcher.
01:10
A4 copies.
01:16
We were from A4.
01:17
Based on these notes, could we get medics responding to this call?
01:21
Copy.
01:28
Medic one,
01:36
truck one,
01:41
(number withheld) , Adams Avenue apartment,
01:44
(number withheld) . Medic one, truck one, (number withheld) , Adams Avenue apartment,
01:51
(number withheld) .
01:55
Charlie 34, hold it, 10-8.
02:00
Charlie 34 at 1451 hours.
02:06
10-4.
02:09
Charlie 28, show me 10-8.
02:11
Charlie 28 at 1451 hours.
02:18
Medic One, Medic One, you'll be responding.
02:20
Charlie response to a sick person at (number withheld) Adams Avenue.
02:24
That'll be (number withheld) Adams Avenue, apartment (number withheld), apartment (number withheld) at the Town Apartments.
02:31
Patient is an 87-year-old male.
02:35
At the time of the call, he was conscious and breathing.
02:39
He has now stopped answering questions over the phone.
02:42
He was saying he was struggling to get a breath and shaking.
02:46
He is also home alone.