81-year-old man with COPD has breathing difficulty

Heard on: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire

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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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We're talking to EMS base three, base three, Cove Creek 1st responders, (number withheld) Sherwood Road, (number withheld) Sherwood Road, breathing problem, 6 Delta 1.

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Medic three.

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Medic three.

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Automatic three, you know.

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Medic three, six one.

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So we're 2223 , six one.

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we're from 2228 .

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I'll be right to you.

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Sure, we're good.

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Okay, 12-3-10-4.

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22-23, about a 2nd .

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10-4.

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Medic three, go ahead.

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Medic three, your patient's eighty-one year old male.

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Caller advised he had just gotten out of the nursing home.

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He's not responding normally to the caller or any of his questions.

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He does have COPD and he did take a couple hits off his prescribed inhaler, but he's not getting any better.

8/12/2026 11:00 AM

Medical Emergency

Sherwood Rd, Vilas, NC 28692

81-year-old man with COPD has breathing difficulty

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a residence near Sherwood Road for a reported breathing problem involving an elderly man who was not responding normally and was not improving after using his inhaler. Cove Creek first responders and a medic unit were sent under a 6 Delta 1 medical dispatch code.

81-year-old man with COPD has breathing difficulty

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