Man with deep thigh knife wound near Warm Springs Reservoir, Harney County OR


An older man near Warm Springs Reservoir suffered a deep knife wound to his thigh and was bleeding heavily. Responders applied a tourniquet and requested an emergency medical evacuation.
Audio|Source: Harney County Public Safety
03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Can you call OSP and see if they have a game trooper out there? I got their coordinates and that's a very remote area that I won't be able to access with my car or the ambulance, I believe.
00:15
Hi, coffee, 1336 hours.
00:28
32.
00:31
What's the general location that this is out?
00:40
Be near the Warm Springs Reservoir.
00:45
Looks to be break.
00:53
To be about six miles near the Warm Springs Reservoir, nearest road they are located by is Upton Mountain Road.
01:02
Copy. We've got two game troopers out there. What is this call?
01:12
The call is going to be for an older male that cut his thigh with a knife, with bleeding, they have a chemicate on the wound and is applying direct pressure now.
01:27
I copy.
01:29
If you call over with the coordinates, I'll let my dispatch now to advise the troopers here to start moving towards up the mountain.
01:39
Copy 1338 hours.
01:46
35.
01:47
35.
01:54
There's a medical call.
01:59
Someone with a bad cut turnicot applied up to the mountain near Warm Springs.
02:03
I don't know if there's a game trooper over there. I see there's two that would be available to head that way.
02:11
The county will be calling over with coordinates in a second.
02:18
Nurse.
02:21
47 to 46.
02:24
46.
02:27
I believe you're correct with your thoughts there.
02:30
I'm going to call 43 right now. I just sent that coordinates to you as well.
02:37
Copy. When you contact 43, can you see if he's willing to drop off that ball joint and I could load up the trailers in my vehicle?
02:58
Thirty, 47.
03:02
Forty-70.
03:06
35, having a complaint, Air Warm Spring.
03:12
It's a medical call, subject with a bad cut.
03:16
The county is currently calling over with some coordinates.
03:25
About five miles, south of the Red Fork.
03:34
Knows near Upton Mountain,
03:37
which is basically north,
03:41
northwest of Form Springs.
03:48
Life,
03:50
activate air light to that location, please.
03:53
Copy. Air life has already been dispatch.
03:58
Copy.
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Warm Springs Reservoir, Oregon
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