Emergency call for elderly woman breathing difficulty, Wytheville VA


Emergency services responded to a call about a 95-year-old woman having trouble breathing and pain. When responders arrived near Pony Mountain Road, they found the woman was not at home but at physical therapy.
Audio|Source: Wythe County and Town of Wytheville Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Message with County emergency services East, and we're out near Pony Mountain Road, in reference to a 95-year-old female having a hard time breathing and pain all over.
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Now we have around Fire Channel 1, again that's Fire Channel 1, Central Clear.
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917[2] is your first alert.
00:14
Central, MediCorps.
00:16
Good. Just be advised, we made contact with the patient when we lived in the CERC.
00:19
Well, she advised he was at physical therapy we're 10-4[1].
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received
[2]
917: First alert (local code, possibly for EMS alert or pre-arrival notification)
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Location mentioned:
Wytheville, VA 24382
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