Man suffers respiratory distress after house fire smoke inhalation, Tacoma WA


A 50-year-old man inhaled smoke and heat after re-entering a house fire two hours ago. He is experiencing serious breathing problems. Emergency medical teams are providing advanced life support on scene in Tacoma, WA.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
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Tacoma Engine 5, can you start an EMS call for this? Also dispatch a medic unit for shortness of breath.
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Receive Engine 5, you'll have Medic 5 with you, and we show you on scene of a medical call now.
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1748. ALS, respiratory distress, 630-EF, as in Foxtrot Street, Medi-5, Channel A2, ALS, Respiratory Distress, 6310, E-SF, as in Foxtrot Street, time 1748.
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Okendan, you can't actually to start as a mediterranean for hypopoliship.
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We'll have Medic 4, 8A3, panel.
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Medic 4, Channel A2, ALS, Upgrade, near North 13th Street and North Lawrence Street.
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Medic 4, Channel A2, ALS, upgrade, near North 13th Street and North Lawrence Street, Time 1750.
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Medic 5 from Engine 5.
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Medic 5. Medic 5.
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Your patient is a 50-year-old male that was involved in a house fire, ran back in and inhaled smoke and heat.
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Approximately two hours ago, we've got...
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18 respirations, diminished lung sounds bilaterally in the upper.
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It's 160 over 100, false of a 100.
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We've got them on high flow 2.
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Currently, SATs came up to 98, 10 liters, non-breatherly.
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