Woman experiences severe breathing difficulty after smoking, Colonial Heights VA


A 42-year-old woman with asthma experienced severe breathing difficulty near Appomattox Dr after smoking a cigarette. Her oxygen levels dropped to 86 but later rose to 96 after using an inhaler with slight relief. Emergency services responded with high priority.
Audio|Source: Colonial Heights City Fire and EMS
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Medic. 934.
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Difficulty breathing.
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Near Appomattox Dr.
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Medic 934. Difficulty breathing.
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Near Appomattox Dr.
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Cross streets are dead end and ophthalatics court.
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Priority one high.
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Timeout. (number withheld).
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934 in round party three.
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Calumatic 934, priority,
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responding near Appomattox Dr, comes up with that in, Appamentic Sport.
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She's a 42-year-old female, with difficulty breathing, she went outside to smoke a cigarette,
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fell off, came in, went to the bathroom, and her O2 dropped to 86.
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Pulse is 101, and her O2 has since gone up to 96.
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She used an inhaler with slight relief, has asthma, if consciousness, I'm out (number withheld).
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Location mentioned:
Near Appomattox Dr, Colonial Heights, VA 23834
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