Two-year-old boy gasping for air with asthma history, Bluefield WV
Medical EmergencyA two-year-old boy near Pinnacle Lake Road is gasping for air. He is not choking or turning blue. The child has a history of asthma with a similar episode in January. He woke up vomiting and has been struggling to breathe for about 15 minutes. Emergency responders are on scene and can hear the boy gasping for air.
Audio|Source: Mercer County Public Safety and WV State Police
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Transcript:
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Mursher Control Blistle Rescue.
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Need response near Pinnacle Lake Road.
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Near Pinnacle Lake Road in reference to a two-year-old male. He's gasping for air.
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Collar states he's not choking on anything.
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He's not turning blue. We're keeping them on the phone. It's 312.
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Control 17-8.
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For the low subject call back, they stated that they look at the dollar law enforcement, it's not needed.
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Copy.
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Control 7, I'm good to go ahead, clear.
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Control 809 is going to be responding, page traffic.
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309, shooting around at 313, your incident number (number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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Going near Pinnacle Lake Road, it's going to be a gray house.
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I'm a 2-year-old now. He's gasping for air. He's not choking on anything. He's not turning blue.
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He does have a history of asthma, and this happened in January.
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the last time.
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She does have breathing treatments, but she's unsure she can give it to him.
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She said he was sleeping and he woke up vomiting and breathing as he is now, gasping for air since then.
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It is 314.
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Control A-N-9.
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Go ahead.
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I just wanted to update.
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We still have the call on the phone. She said this has been going on for about 15 minutes. My dispatcher can hear the child gasping for air.
02:03
So when she put him to bed, he kept putting his hand on the right side of his chest when he woke up.
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The important call.
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Location mentioned:
Near Pinnacle Lk Rd, Bluefield, WV 24701
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