Woman experiencing breathing difficulty and chest pain at home
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Station Four Union, Station Eleven, out of any available medic.
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Need a response, emergency medical call, breathing difficulty, (number withheld) Maple Spring Highway.
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Over our time of alert, two thirty-five.
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Call center, unit one in route.
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Unit one, you're in route 238.
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You're going to be in route to (number withheld) Maple Spring Highway.
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Go ahead.
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Unit one, you're going to be in route for a 43-year-old female.
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She is alert, able to talk.
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Advises that she isn't breathing normal.
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She feels like she can't get her air.
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She feels very short of breath.
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She did advise that she is going through alcohol withdrawal.
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She thinks that something may be going on with her valve replacement that she had.
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Also believes maybe possible a panic attack.
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Go ahead.
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You know, when she advised that the breathing difficulty has just gradually gotten worse over the last few days.
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No injury to the chest.
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Advised that she does feel sweaty.
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Advised that she does have a history.
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Of heart problems,
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her last drink was yesterday.
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She said she's been cutting herself off and cutting back since the weekend.
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She advises everything just seems to be getting worse.
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She believes that the breathing difficulty is coming on from the alcohol withdrawal.
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She currently had to lay the phone down.
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She's getting sick.
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I'm still getting better.
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Badge received.
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Can you see if the patient's having any chest pain?
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You know what? Affirmative.
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Call center, you know what?
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Go ahead.
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You know, when she did advise that she is having some chest pain, it's going to be her whole chest that's hurting.
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She advised it's going to be a lot of where her heart is at, however, but is saying the whole chest.
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Her neck has been hurting a lot lately.
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She is having some abdominal pain as well.
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