75-year-old woman struggling to breathe in Karnak

Heard on: Franklin, Perry, Jackson, Williamson, and Jefferson Counties Police, Fire and EMS

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Alexander County, are you available to do a mutual aid call for us in Corinth?

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10-4, uh, (number withheld) East Main Street, Karnak.

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(number withheld) East Main Street, Karnak.

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75-year-old female.

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She is conscious and breathing.

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However, she is having extreme difficulty breathing.

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Uh.

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O2 ordered for her.

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It has not came in yet.

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Her O two sat will not register.

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I can hear her on the phone having difficulty breathing.

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I have attempted and my sac with no success.

00:56

10-4. Responders over there?

01:00

That's negative.

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I do have a deputy headed up there, but there's nothing he can do.

9/1/2026 03:09 AM

Medical Emergency

Main St, Karnak, IL 62956

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As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers requested mutual aid from a neighboring county for a reported medical emergency near East Main Street in the Karnak/Corinth area involving a 75-year-old woman who was conscious but having extreme difficulty breathing. Oxygen was ordered but had not yet arrived, and a deputy was en route but unable to provide medical care.