Man choking on food cleared by bystander on highway, Dare County NC
Emergency responders attended to a 77-year-old man choking on food along North Carolina Highway 12. A bystander removed the blockage from his airway, and he regained breathing before medics arrived.
Audio|Source: Dare County Fire, EMS and Ocean Rescue
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Transcript:
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Station 3, choking ineffective breathing,
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Kastkey, Maine, Cross Street, near NC12 Highway.
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Station 3, it's a 77-year-old male who is not conscious, he is breathing at this time, we're still trying to get further.
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Central Medics 3-1 is around.
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Can for Medics 3-1, 1730.
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Medics 31. EMG codes 11, ECHO-1, 11-ECHO-1.
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The caller pulled a large piece of pork chop out of the male's mouth, and he seems to be breathing.
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Medic 3-1, copy.
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QRV3 in route.
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In QRV3, you're in route.
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1731.
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Contrificure 3550 in route, the casting room.
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104.35, 15, 1733.
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1733.
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33 from Medici 31.
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Numbers seem to be going down so we may have passed residents we can find it back there.
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North Carolina Hwy 12, North Carolina
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