Elderly hospice patient struggles to breathe in Hardy County, Hardy County WV
In Hardy County, a 91-year-old hospice patient with COPD struggles to clear an obstruction in his throat, breathing but unable to remove the blockage since Wednesday.
Audio|Source: Hardy County Public Safety
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Company 7 Petersburg Company 400 your first alert 5 Pansy Hollow Drive for a male choking something stuck in throat is breathing your first alert 741
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The BLS 74 and Ralph Crew 2.
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74 and Ralph Crew 2.
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0744, you're responding to 5 Pansy Hollow Drive off Franklin Pike, Operations Tech 3.
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774 Chase 7, you're responding for a 91-year-old male.
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He is on hospice.
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Complaining of something stuck in his throat.
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It's been going on since Wednesday.
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He is moving air,
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just unable to remove whatever is stuck in his throat.
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He is on hospice for COPD.
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The only other complaint was he said his heart was hurting last night.
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