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63-year-old woman has breathing difficulty near river bridgeDes Moines IA

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SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA

Emergency responders were dispatched to assist a 63-year-old woman experiencing difficulty breathing near the river bridge on Southwest 9th Street. The patient was found on the west side of the bridge in the embankment area and is wheelchair-bound.

Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Copy, Medic 4 and Truck 8.
00:01
You guys are headed to near Southwest 9th Street River Bridge on a sick person.
00:05
It's going to be a 63-year-old female.
00:08
Do you know when we go further?
00:14
Check 4, Truck 8, 63-year-old female, not fully alert.
00:18
She is conscious breathing with some difficulty.
00:21
Based on the ping, they're going to be south of the river and on the west side of the bridge.
00:30
Number four copies.
00:31
It can be a slight delay.
00:33
We're coming from MLK and University.
00:38
Copy.
00:43
Addie one in the Methodist.
00:46
Copy.
00:51
Union 4 is at Station 4.
00:54
Copy. This has truck Ate.
00:57
Truck 8.
01:00
We've arrived in the area.
01:02
Do you have a better detail of where we can find the patient?
01:09
Based on the ping we're getting from RapidSOS, it's going to be on the west side of the bridge.
01:15
They're kind of down in the embankment.
01:17
Their ping showed north of the river, but they kept saying south.
01:23
Patient is wheelchair-bound.
01:24
They said someone was going to flag you down, so you can't find him.
01:27
We can give him a call back.
01:29
Copy, give him a call back.
01:31
We'll look northwest.
01:33
Do one's quarters.
01:36
Stop.
01:44
We've located the patient.
01:46
We are in our quest of the river.
01:51
Yep, yeah.

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SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA

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