Woman with COPD has severe breathing difficulty, Wake County NC
Emergency responders are attending to a 39-year-old woman near Sixth Drive who has COPD and is experiencing severe difficulty breathing. She is conscious and alert but cannot speak easily between breaths. She does not have her inhaler or nebulizer with her. No trauma or color change is observed.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
01:32
Transcript:
00:00
Riley, do you have an updated location for the patient? We're at near Sixth Drive and we're not able to gain access.
00:06
It doesn't look like you might hear.
00:12
We'll cop to check the line out.
00:18
That's great, shut behind it.
00:22
Yeah, and it was called him by a nightdell officer.
00:25
I'm not sure if he's out there with him, if there's a nightdell vehicle out there.
00:30
Copy. We'll pull it around to the bag. We'll let you know that out there's what we're going on.
00:39
Central Rail, Major 91.
00:42
No, anyone.
00:44
We've got patient contact. It is at the rear of near Sixth Drive.
00:49
Copy that.
00:51
Medic 5-8 en route on tack 4-1.
01:02
It's right on attack 41, responding to reference to 39-year-old female, reported to be conscious breathing completely alert.
01:08
Having some breathing difficulty, she is having difficulty speaking between breaths.
01:12
No claminess is reported. She does have COPD, no color change.
01:16
It does not have any kind of prescribed inhalers or nebulizer, so it was Delta.
01:22
This is a medic 5A. Could you repeat the patient's age?
01:29
3-9-39
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Location mentioned:
6th St, North Carolina 27587
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