Child suffers severe back pain and breathing difficulty, Westfield MA


A six-year-old girl is having back pain, her legs are giving out, and she is having trouble breathing. Emergency Medical Services were contacted and rerouted to the incident location.
Audio|Source: Hamdem County Public Safety
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Transcript:
577, go ahead. Do you need Med 40[1] on scene, we have a medical in their sector. Yeah, you can redirect them to the medical, that's fine. All right, too, thank you. Just that's from at 40? It's going to be for a six-year-old female back pain. Her legs are giving out. She did say she's having some difficulty breathing. Do you want an engine with you? It's coding up as one. You can withhold the engine. We will advise. We'll be en route to Chapel Street.
577, go ahead. Do you need Med 40[1] on scene, we have a medical in their sector. Yeah, you can redirect them to the medical, that's fine. All right, too, thank you. Just that's from at 40? It's going to be for a six-year-old female back pain. Her legs are giving out. She did say she's having some difficulty breathing. Do you want an engine with you? It's coding up as one. You can withhold the engine. We will advise. We'll be en route to Chapel Street.
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Med 40: EMS Ambulance
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Location mentioned:
Chapel St, Westfield, MA 01085
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