Elderly man develops breathing difficulty after a fall, Cleveland TN


An elderly man near Ellis Drive SE experienced sudden difficulty breathing after falling about an hour earlier and struggling to get up. He had bleeding on his elbow that stopped. Emergency responders are transporting him for medical care.
Audio|Source: Bradley County Sheriff, Cleveland Police, Fire Rescue and MAC
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Transcript:
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Three, difficulty breathing, near Ellis Drive southeast.
00:17
Station 12, Ellis Drive, Southeast.
00:26
Overspawning.
00:30
12, I'll show you en route to near Ellis Drive Southeast, near Ellis Drive Southeast.
00:39
It's going to be a 60-year-old, 66-year-old male, sudden onset difficulty breathing, no asthma history.
00:56
Having set an onset of difficulty breathing, has no asthma or COPD, it's not sweaty at this moment.
01:03
You have engine 12 in around with you.
01:09
I'll have them go ahead.
01:14
I've got a possible accident with no injuries, near Springplace Road, southeast.
01:20
They're about messed down near Baptist Church.
01:22
Call her says there's a car in a ditch with its flasher zone.
01:28
They released him with no issues.
01:33
Two seats. Two o seats.
01:44
That mail's been banned in the city reporting system, hand intact in.
01:49
All units will be ten A.
01:52
111. Can you contact THB?
01:55
Two OCs, I copy.
01:57
I copy. I'm on the phone with THP right now.
02:01
The patient thinks he needs some O2 isn't normally on it.
02:10
How should have a white Lexis and black truck in the driveway with the porch plate on?
02:19
Engine 12, your patient is advising that he also fell about an hour ago.
02:25
It took him about an hour to get out of the floor and then that's what caused the difficulty breathing.
02:30
He was bleeding on his elbow but is no longer bleeding anymore.
02:39
Breathing.
02:40
He hit his elbow and advised that he was bleeding but is not anymore.
02:46
So we're transporting.
02:50
Good.
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Location mentioned:
SE Ellis Dr, Cleveland, TN 37323
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