Emergency responders check on elderly woman struggling to breathe, Columbus OH


Emergency responders are checking on a 76-year-old woman at her home near Campbell Ave who is struggling to breathe. She was last spoken to around noon and had been coughing severely. The woman has refused hospital care and cannot be reached by phone. Responders previously tried to contact her and had a barricade situation earlier in the year.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 5
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Transcript:
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165-500. I got a 34C[1] at near Campbell Ave.
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Looks like we're trying to check on, call her mother, (name withheld), 76-year-old female, lives alone, says she was sick coughing up, quote-unquote, green goblins.
00:15
That's talked her around noon, and she was coughing real bad, and now he can't get a hold of her.
00:19
Middicks had checked her out yesterday, but she refused to go to the hospital.
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She said that her house is a mess because they're in the process of moving.
00:26
Looks like we did go out here yesterday, there was a code for her no answer.
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Looks like we also did try calling (name withheld)'s phone.
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times, got no answer on all three.
00:36
And we did actually have a barricade on her back in August
00:40
for A50A possibly.
00:42
And I guess we received a call around 10-10-ish, saying that the mail he called fire telling him that he did talk to her and she was struggling to breathe and see if he was just going to go straight in.
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But I don't see any run for today for COP.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
34C: Cutting/Stabbing (aggravated battery by cutting)
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Location mentioned:
Near Campbell Ave, Columbus, OH 43223
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