Infant with respiratory distress and multiple conditions treated, Packwood IA


Emergency responders dispatched to an infant near Birch Ave, Packwood, with severe respiratory distress, fever, COVID-19 infection, and cerebral palsy. The child is on continuous oxygen and feeding support and struggling to breathe.
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Perkinson County Ambulance, Packwood, QRS, County, please respond to near Birch Ave Packwood.
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It'll be for a...
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Close to one-year-old male subject, caller advising.
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He is on oxygen 24-7 and G-2 fed. He's been battling a high temperature for several days, and she can't get it to break.
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He is on three-quarter-liter-liter oxygen, 24-7. She gets advice. He's been in the hospital for two months for COVID. Once again, him and his twin are COVID-positive. She's advising he does have cerebral palsy also. He is conscious at this time but struggling to breathe that she did turn up his oxygen just to keep him comfortable.
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Location mentioned:
Near Birch Ave, Packwood, IA 52580
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