Woman with COPD has breathing emergency, Ashland VA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a medical call for a 56-year-old woman experiencing severe breathing difficulty and back pain near South Center Street and Myrtle Street. The patient was conscious but having trouble speaking between breaths and had a history of COPD.
Audio|Heard on: Hanover County Fire / EMS
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01:49
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 401 and ambulance 411, breathing problem.
00:05
Near South Center Street, unit 111.
00:18
Cross streets are Myrtle Street and Cox Lane.
00:22
Station 16's district.
00:24
Tac 4, time out 1144.
01:33
Near South Center Street, apartment 11, cross streets of Myrtle Street and Cox Lane.
01:39
A fifty-six-year-old woman, conscious and breathing, having a hard time breathing and back pain.
01:45
Difficulty speaking between breaths.
01:47
She has COPD as well.
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Location mentioned:
S Center St, Ashland, VA 23005
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