15-year-old female choking in vehicle on highway, Tacoma WA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 10/27/2025 05:03 PM

Near S 21st St, Tacoma, WA 98405

Emergency crews responded to a report of a person having severe difficulty breathing inside a vehicle on southbound Highway 705 near 21st Street. Two people were outside a Jeep Wrangler. One was a 15-year-old girl who was choking and needed urgent medical help.

Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire

02:21

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 1, ladder 1, medic 4, battalion 1, safety 3, and EMS 1, channel A3, ALS[1],

00:09

respiratory distress, southbound 705 near 21st, engine 1, ladder 1, medic 4, battalion 1, safety 3, and EMS 1, channel A3, ALS[1],

00:22

respiratory distress, southbound 705 near 21st, time 1703.

00:33

I'm going to seek a fuse in route.

00:39

Safety tree in route,

00:41

17-04.

00:46

Take home a ladder one.

00:49

Hit the alarm by mistake.

00:50

Can you re-assign this to our call?

00:54

Receive water one, this will be on Channel 83.

01:01

On Medic freeze and service station with a student if we're close to the medic for.

01:11

Chroma, Engine 11, upgrade ALS[1], unresponsive.

01:20

Tacoma Engine 1 is on scene in command.

01:25

7.05 southbound near 21st.

01:28

We have one Jeep Wrangler pulled off to the side.

01:32

Looks like we have two occupants outside of the vehicle.

01:35

Ladder 1, if you can give us a block right behind us,

01:39

engine 1 is going to be 7.05 command.

01:44

7.05 commands.

01:49

To ALS[1]. Unconscious Person, East Portland Avenue and East 29th Street.

01:55

Time 1706.

02:01

This is responding to southbound several five.

02:03

Looks like you'll have to access from 9th.

02:10

All units from command.

02:14

We have a 15-year-old female actively choking medic four on your arrival if you can bump up.

02:19

The latter one if you continue for a block.

Police codes explained

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[1]

ALS: Advanced life support medical response with paramedic-level care for higher-acuity emergencies.

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Near S 21st St, Tacoma, WA 98405

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