Person gasping for air near South Fern, Wichita KS


Audio of dispatch for a medical emergency. EMS and fire units are sent for a person having trouble breathing near South Fern. The caller says they are injured, alone, and gasping for air and reported being in danger. Fire units are also told to check smoke near 53rd and Seneca. A separate assist request is for a lift near North Woodlawn apartment. Police are responding to assist.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
01:57
Transcript:
Start for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS, possible difficulty breathing near South Fern, station 4. Break. Start to check smoke outside in the area of 53rd and Seneca, station 13. Engine 4 for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS, possible difficulty breathing near South Fern. Near South Fern for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS. Engine 4, your map page 5346. Break. Engine 13 to check smoke outside in the area of 53rd and Seneca; engine 13, your map page 5353. Start to assist DMS with a lift near North Woodlawn apartment, station 14, map page 5850. Engine 4 for Lops. Go ahead. I think I heard EMS saying they're going to stand off on this. I'm not seeing any indication as to doing so. The caller has stated he is in danger but not why. He said he is injured. He is alone and gasping for air.
Start for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS, possible difficulty breathing near South Fern, station 4. Break. Start to check smoke outside in the area of 53rd and Seneca, station 13. Engine 4 for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS, possible difficulty breathing near South Fern. Near South Fern for Prattie 1: unknown call for EMS. Engine 4, your map page 5346. Break. Engine 13 to check smoke outside in the area of 53rd and Seneca; engine 13, your map page 5353. Start to assist DMS with a lift near North Woodlawn apartment, station 14, map page 5850. Engine 4 for Lops. Go ahead. I think I heard EMS saying they're going to stand off on this. I'm not seeing any indication as to doing so. The caller has stated he is in danger but not why. He said he is injured. He is alone and gasping for air.
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Near S Fern St, Wichita, KS 67213
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