Medical emergency for elderly man with breathing difficulty, Elk Grove Village IL


Emergency responders were called to a residence near Thorndale Avenue for a 95-year-old man having difficulty breathing and unable to get up from his chair. Some individuals at the scene refused contact with emergency medical services.
Audio|Source: Northwest Central Dispatch and RED Center
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Transcript:
00:00
District 8, ambulance 51, engine 8, breathing problems, delta response, near Thorndale Ave near Howard Street and Laurel Street, Elk Grove Village. 95-year-old male trouble breathing. Manual 8.
00:29
Go ahead. You can return that out of town ambulance. Yes sir, maybe it's 51, you can stay in quarters, ambulance, and we'll take it. 51 copies, thank you. Go ahead, point seven. We're going to have two refusals.
00:58
And we have one that is refusing all contact with EMS. We'll advise when we are clarifying the same. Message sequence to have been two refusals and one complete refusal. Okay, engine 8, you're responding to the ambulance call near Thorndale Ave. It is for a 95-year-old man who has had some trouble breathing and is unable to get up from his chair.
01:25
Cross streets are Laurel Street and Howard Street near Thorndale Ave. Central Battalion, can you give me a general callback for Mnote 32 transporting to good Samaritan? Message is safe. We'll send on the page for a general callback. Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Thorndale Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
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