78-year-old man gasping for breath at Rockwood clinic

Heard on: Roane County Fire and EMS

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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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Special medic two, need you to respond to the bridge (number withheld) Roane State Highway in Rockwood for a priority one breathing problem.

00:06

Central 1315.

00:16

Special medic one, 2nd page.

00:25

Second page, need you to respond (number withheld) Pine Lane in Rockwood for party on mental status change.

00:31

Special medic one, 2nd page.

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Medic two, I copy.

00:43

Call came in at 1013 .

00:45

You're dispatched at 1014 .

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Ten are out at 1017 .

00:49

You're responding to the bridge, (number withheld) Roane State Highway in Rockwood.

00:53

To me, room (number withheld) , (number withheld) is a boy.

00:57

Have a seventy-eight year old male having trouble breathing, not responsive.

01:00

Oxygen stats in the eighties.

01:03

On two liters of O two.

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He is gasping for breath.

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Has history of gallbladder issues.

2026-10-29 14:14 UTC

Medical Emergency

Roane State Hwy, Rockwood, TN 37854

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical crews were dispatched to a facility on Roane State Highway in Rockwood for a reported breathing emergency involving an older man who was unresponsive and gasping for air. A separate medical call was also sent to a residence on Pine Lane in Rockwood for a person with a mental status change.