Elderly woman with swollen tongue has breathing trouble

Heard on: Hancock County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:10

Attention Peninsula Ambulance, attention Peninsula Ambulance.

00:13

Your request is to respond to the Benjamin River Apartments, (number withheld) Reach Road, apartment (number withheld).

00:19

Again, that's Benjamin River Apartments, apartment (number withheld).

00:23

For an 85-year-old female whose tongue is swollen and she's having difficulty breathing.

00:28

Unknown the reason.

00:29

We're getting the call 3rd party.

00:31

Caller's not on site.

00:33

And your request is to respond to the Benjamin River Apartments.

00:36

Number (number withheld), apartment (number withheld), for 85, 86 year old lady who's advising her tongue has fallen to her difficulty breathing.

00:45

Caller is not there, we're getting a 3rd hand, we're not sure if it's an allergic reaction or something else.

00:51

Please take call now.

01:06

Four will be on air available for calls.

01:09

Four will be in route to the address.

2026-10-14 11:21 UTC

Medical Emergency

Reach Rd, Sedgwick, ME 04676

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As discussed during the dispatch call, peninsula Ambulance was dispatched to an apartment at Benjamin River Apartments on Reach Road for an elderly woman with a swollen tongue and difficulty breathing. The call came from a third party who was not on scene, and the cause was possibly an allergic reaction.