78-year-old woman treated for severe breathing difficulty


Audio|Source: Preston County Fire and EMS
01:35
Transcript:
Press and call center, 615 can't need to respond, emergency, medical call, breathing difficulty, and the available medic. 2113, Willamills Road. All right, time of alert, 1831. 1831. Medic 6802.08 1831. Medic 6802-0. (name withheld), you're going to be en route to 2-1-1-3-Will-Mills Road and all break, right? Good. Medics, like, 82, you're going to be en route for a 78-year-old female. She's advising she's been sick for a few weeks having some pain in her back. She's very short of breath, very weak. She has alert, able to talk. She does appear very, very, very short of breath on the phone with her, and she's having very hard time getting any of her work outbreaks. Good. Advice to breathing difficulty has been going on for a few weeks, just getting worse. She said she had stopped smoking approximately a month ago. Great. She did advise that she had a back injury last year. She said when her back does hurt, it comes around to the front to her chest. She said no injury to her chest. She is feeling sweaty. She advised that her color doesn't appear to be normal. I'm still getting better.
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Preston County, WV
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