Firefighters had to use an aerial ladder platform to help ambulance crews treat a man who encountered breathing difficulties while on scaffolding in Costessey.
Appliances from Earlham, Sprowston and Carrow were called to a building site in Poethlyn Drive in Costessey at just after 1.10pm today to help the ambulance service with a patient on some scaffolding who was assessed using the basket from the aerial ladder platform.
A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) said: 'We were called at 12.47pm and had a rapid response vehicle and ambulance attend.
'The initial report came in as a patient with breathing problems. We believe it was a man in his 20s. The patient also had back pain as well.
'The fire service brought him down and we put him on a stretcher, treated him at the scene and took him to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further assessment.'
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