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Medical emergency for elderly woman with chest pain, Iowa City IA

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Medical Emergency

Reported: 12/9/2025 06:53 PM

Bartelt Rd #21b, Iowa City, IA 52246

Emergency responders were called to an apartment near Bartelt Road in Iowa City for an 88-year-old woman experiencing chest pain and breathing difficulties. The woman was conscious and breathing but had some chest pain. Communication was slightly difficult due to a language barrier.

Audio|Heard on: Johnson County Fire/EMS

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Transcript:

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Johnson County Ambulance and Engine 2, J-Path 3-1.

00:05

Respond to near Bartelt Road Unit 21B, Iowa City.

00:12

Cross street, Mormon Trek Boulevard.

00:19

Johnson County Ambulance and Engine 2.

00:22

J-Path 3-1, respond to near Bartelt Road Unit 21B.

00:26

At 2,

00:28

Unit 21B, Iowa City.

00:32

Cross street, Mormon Trek Boulevard.

00:43

748 running, Papa John.

00:55

Engine 1. J-Cath 1-4.

00:59

Respond to fire alarm.

01:01

Van Allen Hall at 30, North Dubuque Street, Iowa City.

01:06

Cross streets are east Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street.

01:17

Engine 1. JTaf 1-4.

01:20

Respond to fire alarm.

01:21

Van Allen Hall.

01:23

At 30, North Dubuque Street.

01:25

Iowa City. Cross streets are east Iowa Avenue and Jefferson Street.

01:31

34 and around.

01:33

Copy this we have in 6.

01:36

Item 34,

01:38

Engine 2, you guys are around near Bartelt Road, Apartment 21B.

01:43

There is a bit of a language barrier for an 88-year-old female, conscious and breathing with some chest pain.

01:50

Responding normally,

01:52

not breathing normally, no difficulty speaking between breaths, not changing color, not clammy.

01:57

We could go through your response.

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Bartelt Rd #21b, Iowa City, IA 52246

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