Medical team responds to breathing emergency in Portage, Portage WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible medical emergency near Henry Drive in Portage. A man experiencing breathing difficulty, high sodium levels, hip pain, and other health issues was reported to be home alone. EMS and fire units were dispatched to assist.
Audio|Heard on: Columbia and Sauk Counties Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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Columbia County Portage EMS, Columbia County EMS, you're being requested near Henry Dr, at the Pat Smith Manor.
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We're at Henry Dr in the Pat Smith Manor Apartments, apartment number withheld.
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Cross streets of Village Road and Highway 51 frontage road, for a sixty-eight-year-old male with high sodium levels.
00:17
COPD is acting up.
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He has hip pain.
00:19
He weighs about 285 pounds.
00:22
I can hear very heavy breathing.
00:25
He is home alone.
00:27
Tyler page fifty-six after.
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Columbia County Dispatch, Portage Fire and EMS.
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Portage Fire and EMS, go ahead.
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Portage Fire and EMS is acknowledging the page.
00:53
It's Fire and EMS just for additional information.
00:56
I can hear heavy breathing and coughing.
01:03
And EMS copy.
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Acknowledged.
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Location mentioned:
Henry Dr, Portage, WI 53901
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