Unconscious man found with breathing difficulty at home

Heard on: Preston WV EMS Dispatch Group Calls

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Preston Com Center, Station Eleven, turn out and need to respond.

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Any available medic, breathing difficulty, unconscious.

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Ten twenty-four.

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Com Center, Medic Six Hundred and Eighty-Six, en route.

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Six Hundred and Eighty-Six, you are going to be en route to (number withheld) Metheny Street.

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Ten twenty-seven, break.

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Go ahead.

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Six hundred and eighty-six, you are going to be en route to a male, possibly in his seventies.

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Break.

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Yes, 600 and eighty-six callers advising that she cleaned for the patient.

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She's advising that the patient went in to take a shower.

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She's advising that she walked in a few moments later, advising that his breathing treatment was on and he is on the floor.

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Break.

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Go ahead.

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Six eighty-six, she's advising that his ears were turning purple.

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Patient is mumbling right now.

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Go ahead.

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Not just this.

8/19/2026 07:24 AM

Medical Emergency

Metheny St, Terra Alta, WV 26764

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As discussed during the dispatch call, eMS were dispatched to a home near Metheny Street in Terra Alta for a possible medical emergency involving an unconscious man in his seventies with breathing difficulty. A caller reported he had gone to take a shower and was later found on the floor with a breathing treatment running, discolored ears, and mumbling.