elderly woman choking after swallowing medicine wrong, Hillsborough NC
Emergency responders attended to an elderly woman who was choking after swallowing cough medicine incorrectly, causing breathing difficulties and throat discomfort at a building near Holiday Park Road.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Medic 4, FR281-15, Holiday Park Road, Unit 35.
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Choking, Medic 4, F.R.
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281.15,
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Holiday Park Road, Unit 35.
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Choking. Cross streets, Cornelia Street.
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Ups 1. Timeout 0-157.
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F.R. 281 in route.
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218. At 4281, 281, you're responding to a 79-year-old female, conscious and breathing.
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The caller advised that the patient swallowed cough medicine wrong.
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It went down the wrong pipe and they're now coughing up mucous and it feels like their throat is closing up.
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Action feels that something is closing up.
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The caller advised that the patient is responding normally, but they are not breathing normally and their eyes are turning red.
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The caller advised that the door is unlocked.
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Mediq 2. Estes Drive and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Boulevard. Breathing problem.
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Medic 2. Fisd.
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St. and Martin Luther King Jr.
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Boulevard. Breathing problem.
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Ups 1. Timeout 0-2000.
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It's around the Holiday Park Road.
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Let's be advised the address the caller gave is Building 5 apartment 35.
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Location mentioned:
Near Holiday Park Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278
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