Medical units respond to breathing difficulty and lift assist
Medical EmergencyMedical teams responded to a person having trouble breathing at a residence and helped with a lift assist at a campground. Another call involved possible use of a stair chair to assist someone in an apartment complex.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
01:50
Transcript:
(name withheld) engine 20, 4703, Little London Drive on difficulty breathing. Tower 1's arrived engine 4-0-0-11 engine 411 self-26 Goldfield Campground on a lift assist[2]. 20s are 20. Echo 29[1], truck four, 750, E. Chey and Road number 112, Tamarack Senior Apartments. Just me. Our dispatch, I'm a medic. 9 is your son of attention 20 from Stephs and Hills and Austin West. Over's 20. Dispatch engine 5, would you add an... AMR ambulance as well, there's a potential for use of a stair chair. We've written on these people before. Let me. Lake. C-Med and CRT at 3165 Eastont Boulevard from AMR 15. Go ahead. Do you get up a date code for this complex? Anybody. We'll help someone out. Thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Echo 29: EMS severity code indicating a high-acuity medical emergency
[2]
lift assist: Non-crime medical assistance for moving a patient
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Location mentioned:
Near Little London Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80923
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