Hospice patient with low oxygen level needs care, Blacksburg VA
Medical EmergencyEmergency services responded to near Alleghany Street in Blacksburg for a hospice patient whose oxygen level was at 78 percent and required a higher level of care. The patient was responding normally with no difficulty speaking between breaths. Medical staff later advised that the patient's oxygen level is usually like that and there were no current medical complaints requiring emergent care.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Blackburg Rescue, second-team call.
00:03
It's going to be back out near Alleghany Street, cross streets Washington Street and Clay Street.
00:11
Operate on BRS1, and it'll be clear, 1470.
00:21
B-EMS.
00:24
At RV, rescue, 55.
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Rescue 55.
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55 main route to the trolley.
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B, EMS.
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1040, around near Alleghany Street.
00:38
Rescue is just there for a lift of this.
00:40
We're now advising that his oxygen is at 78% needs a higher level of care.
00:47
His hospice patient responding normally, no difficulty speaking between breaths, does have T-O-PB.
00:55
Good, God, thank you.
01:01
B EMS 55 you can go non-emergent his oxygen is always like that and I don't think he actually has any medical complaints.
01:13
Gabby will go non-emergent
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Location mentioned:
Near Alleghany St, Blacksburg, VA 24060
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