Child with helium inhalation reaction at Homer Baker Park

Heard on: Talbot County Fire and EMS

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We were processing a medical call for a pediatric medical call at Homer Baker.

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Okay.

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Paramedic 93, send my copy of three up.

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Medic box three, paramedic 93, pediatric inhalation, 4200 Main Street, cross streets White Marsh Road, Oak Street, Homer Baker Park, 1843.

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Neither respond.

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All right, neither respond.

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1843.

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93, it's 9 o'clock, 3-0.

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For a pediatric inhalation, 4200 Main Street at Homer Baker Park.

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They're utilizing the entrance to the ball field and are requesting no lights or sirens as a school event going on, a lot of children out.

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For a (number withheld)-year-old male,

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believed to have inhaled helium from a balloon and is having an adverse reaction.

2026-10-09 22:38 UTC

Medical Emergency

Main St, Trappe, MD 21673

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a pediatric inhalation incident at a park on Main Street, where a juvenile reportedly inhaled helium from a balloon and was having an adverse reaction. Responders were asked to use the ball field entrance and avoid lights and sirens because of a school event with many children present.