# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Acadian Ambulance
> OSHA SIR `2017010548` · 1/18/2017 · COVINGTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Insecticides
## Employer
- **Name:** Acadian Ambulance
- **Location:** Patient residence, COVINGTON, LOUISIANA, 70433
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to a residence to provide emergency medical treatment to a patient with shortness of breath. The employee began having breathing problems and suffered poisoning once inside the residence, where the patient had set off insect foggers.

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