71-year-old man with severe breathing difficulty in Waterloo

Heard on: Finger Lakes Region Fire, EMS and Medevac

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EMS North Seneca Manor is responding to number (number withheld) Virginia Street.

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(number withheld) Virginia Street, built to Waterloo between East Wright Ave, Route Ninety Six.

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Home for the seventy-one year old male, difficulty breathing.

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Call. He has extreme difficulty speaking between breaths.

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He has used his inhaler.

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He's taken it again with us now.

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Have it coded as a 6 Delta 2[1].

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Again, (number withheld) Virginia Street.

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Between East Wright Ave and Route Ninety Six, for the seventy-one year old male difficulty breathing call ALS.

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Need to use the side door to enter the house.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

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6 Delta 2: Medical Priority Dispatch System determinant for Breathing Problems (high priority)

7/22/2026 06:23 PM

Medical Emergency

NY-96 & W Wright Ave, Waterloo, NY 13165

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As discussed during the dispatch call, eMS respond to a reported medical emergency involving a 71-year-old man having severe difficulty breathing at a home near Virginia Street in Waterloo, between East Wright Avenue and Route 96. The caller reports he is struggling to speak between breaths and has used an inhaler, and the call is coded as a high-priority breathing problem.