Emergency medical aid for man with breathing issues, Fincastle VA


Emergency medical responders were dispatched to near Farmers Rd for a 69-year-old man experiencing breathing difficulties and light-headedness. The man has COPD and has been using a prescribed inhaler without relief. He was conscious but having trouble speaking and had fallen a couple of times due to light-headedness.
Audio|Source: Botetourt Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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please put not a lot of them.
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104, they should have one the route.
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Bob it was a lot.
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Andrew 5.
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Andrew 5.
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Any of 5 responded with 1.
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104, 825, Responded with 1, Channel 5, 7.04.
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BOTOTO, 1012.
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Okay,
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12.
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Responding farmers.
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Responding farmers, 7.04. Spotting farmers, 7.4.
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About a firm in four, same trip.
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104, 7.05.
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Medics were counting 12.
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You're responding for a 69-year-old male, conscious breathing, colonized that he's having some breathing,
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has been light-headed, which caused him to fall a couple times, responding normally with difficulty speaking between them.
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Not clam, he does have COPD and has uses prescribed inhaler with no relief, you'll be on there.
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