Elderly man with COPD has breathing difficulty at home

Heard on: Patrick County Fire & EMS

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at station one, station six, breathing difficulty, priority one, address (number withheld) Red Bank School Road.

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Repeat, team at station one, station six, breathing difficulty, priority one, address (number withheld) Red Bank School Road.

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Go ahead, 6-12.

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Six twelve, you are going to have a seventy-seven-year-old male.

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He's approximately 150 pounds.

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Wife advised he's having trouble breathing.

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He does have COPD.

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She did advise he had given him a little morphine.

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Usually that helps.

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She said it is not helping this morning.

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He's not choking.

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He's not drooling.

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He is sweating a whole lot.

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She advised he is not having any chest pain.

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You are going to have a cross street of Sunnyview.

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Lane and Carlisle Highway.

2026-09-11 03:32 UTC

Medical Emergency

Red Bank School Rd, Claudville, VA 24076

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to a home near Red Bank School Road for a reported breathing difficulty involving a 77-year-old man with COPD. His wife reported he was sweating heavily and not having chest pain, and that usual medication was not helping.