Man with severe back pain brought to hospital

Heard on: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety

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Hey Allen, this is Waterloo 333 coming to you with a conscious and alert (number withheld), (number withheld) year old male we picked up over at Northcrest here today.

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Got called out for a sick person.

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Sounds like the patient has been having some severe lower back and flank pain for the last couple days.

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Kind of woke up this morning, was having breakfast, but was very weak, dizzy.

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They wanted him to come get checked out and try to see what's the issue with the pain.

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Last set of vitals we have for you: blood pressure 100 and thirty-one over seventy-eight, pulse rate of ninety-one, strong and regular.

00:46

Respirations are 14, non-labored.

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We're going anywhere from eighty-nine to ninety-four percent on SpO2 room air, and we did get a blood sugar of 100 and sixty-eight.

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Eight, we are coming to you with traffic.

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We'll be there in roughly one to 2 min .

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Request anything further?

01:06

No, further.

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We're on our way.

7/14/2026 09:36 AM

Medical Emergency

Logan Ave, Waterloo, IA 50703

Man with severe back pain brought to hospital

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As discussed during the dispatch call, an EMS unit reported transporting a conscious and alert 74-year-old man from Northcrest near Logan Avenue in Waterloo. The man had been experiencing severe lower back and flank pain for several days, with weakness and dizziness on the morning of transport. Vital signs included blood pressure 131 over 78, pulse 91, normal respirations, oxygen saturation between 89 and 94 percent on room air, and blood sugar of 168. Arrival at the hospital was expected within 1 to 2 minutes.

Man with severe back pain brought to hospital

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