Escalon Community Ambulance has listed its calls for service for the period from Wednesday, Jan. 4 through Wednesday, Jan. 11. Crews responded to: Fall – 3 Traffic Accident – 3 Behavioral Emergency – 1 Sick Person – 10 Heart problems – 9 Breathing problems – 6 Traumatic Injury – 1 Seizures – 1 Other – 5 Total Patients – 39 Hospital destination: Doctors Medical Center – 6 Memorial Medical Center – 2 Kaiser Hospital Modesto – 7 Kaiser Hospital Manteca – 2 San Joaquin General – 2 Doctors Hospital of Manteca – 3 UC Davis – 1 Oak Valley Hospital – 6 Number of patients transported – 29 Number of patients without transport – 10 January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The thyroid is a small gland located in the base of your neck that is part of the endocrine system.