85-year-old man gasping with severe breathing difficulty

Heard on: Cumberland County Public Safety

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I am on Gray Road.

00:01

Do they need me to turn around and start heading back towards Harpswell? 5-9, 85-year-old male with back pain and shoulder pain.

00:09

He is bariatric, it's an alpha level.

00:12

And (number withheld) South Street, unit 5-9.

00:15

Initial ladder 4 en route.

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4, I'll start heading that way.

00:20

21, I guess I'll be back off at home.What do you say for receiving it?

00:24

Did you tell them

00:26

I got them? Okay.

00:28

5-9.

00:29

Did fire advise why they need us to respond?

00:38

Negative.

00:40

It's extreme difficulty breathing.

00:41

He sounds bad over the phone.

00:48

Tower.

00:54

Medic one, turn.

00:59

Okay, medic one, turn.

01:06

Three fifty-five county.

01:09

Three fifty-five clear.

01:11

It's been dropped off.

01:12

You can close that out with a report, please.

01:22

County 364.

01:26

Go ahead.

01:28

Caller's no longer responding to our call taker.

01:31

He's gasping.

01:34

10-4. Does fire have a ETA?

01:40

They're almost there.

01:52

64, we got a response.

01:57

64.

02:09

10-30, county.

02:11

Ladder 4 is on scene.

02:14

Good.

02:16

Ladder 4 on scene.

9/6/2026 11:15 PM

Medical Emergency

South St, Gorham, ME 04038

85-year-old man gasping with severe breathing difficulty

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85-year-old man gasping with severe breathing difficulty

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