78-year-old woman treated for severe breathing difficulty


Medical responders were dispatched to assist a 78-year-old woman experiencing worsening breathing problems, weakness, and unusual skin color. She reported back pain and recent quitting of smoking.
Audio|Source: Preston County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00Press and call center, 615 can't need to respond, emergency, medical call, breathing, difficulty, and the available medic.00:072113, Willamills Road.00:08All right, time's alert, 1831.00:111831.00:12Medic,00:136802.0,00:201831.00:25Medic,00:276802.00:3482, year-in-out, 1834.00:36You're going to be en route to 2-1-1-3-Will-Mills Road and all break.00:40Good.00:42Medics, like, 82, you're going to be en route for a 78-year-old female.00:45She's advising she's been sick for a few weeks having some pain in her back.00:50She's very short of breath, very weak.00:53She has alert, able to talk.00:56She does appear very, very, very short of breath on the phone with her, and she's having very hard time getting any of her work outbreaks.01:04Good.01:06I advise breathing difficulty has been going on for a few weeks, just getting worse.01:10She said she had stopped smoking approximately a month ago.01:14Great.01:16Good.01:19She did advise that she had a back injury last year.01:22She said when her back does hurt, it comes around to the front to her chest.01:27She said no injury to her chest.01:29She is feeling sweaty.01:31She advised that her color doesn't appear to be normal.01:34I'm still getting better.
00:00
Press and call center, 615 can't need to respond, emergency, medical call, breathing, difficulty, and the available medic.
00:07
2113, Willamills Road.
00:08
All right, time's alert, 1831.
00:11
1831.
00:12
Medic,
00:13
6802.0,
00:20
1831.
00:25
Medic,
00:27
6802.
00:34
82, year-in-out, 1834.
00:36
You're going to be en route to 2-1-1-3-Will-Mills Road and all break.
00:40
Good.
00:42
Medics, like, 82, you're going to be en route for a 78-year-old female.
00:45
She's advising she's been sick for a few weeks having some pain in her back.
00:50
She's very short of breath, very weak.
00:53
She has alert, able to talk.
00:56
She does appear very, very, very short of breath on the phone with her, and she's having very hard time getting any of her work outbreaks.
01:04
Good.
01:06
I advise breathing difficulty has been going on for a few weeks, just getting worse.
01:10
She said she had stopped smoking approximately a month ago.
01:14
Great.
01:16
Good.
01:19
She did advise that she had a back injury last year.
01:22
She said when her back does hurt, it comes around to the front to her chest.
01:27
She said no injury to her chest.
01:29
She is feeling sweaty.
01:31
She advised that her color doesn't appear to be normal.
01:34
I'm still getting better.
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Preston County, WV
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