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Elderly woman with critical breathing distress at Parkway, Purlear NC

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Blue Ridge Pkwy, Purlear, NC 28665

An elderly woman at the Parkway location is experiencing severe breathing difficulties with critically low oxygen levels despite oxygen support.

Audio|Source: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
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Transcript:
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Parkway,
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room 207, T.S.
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Boy, reading, problem, emergency traffic.
00:08
Okay.
00:10
Go ahead.
00:16
It's an elderly female (name withheld).
00:18
They have her on 10 liters of oxygen with a non-rebreather and her oxygen saturation sent at 55.
00:28
104.
00:33
It looks like a medic 7.
00:35
We're out at WNC.
00:38
Terrible.

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Location mentioned:
Blue Ridge Pkwy, Purlear, NC 28665
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