Medical crews respond to unconscious person downtown, Portland OR
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and medical crews responded to an unconscious person near Southwest Morrison Street and Southwest 18th Avenue in Portland. The patient briefly regained consciousness but then stopped breathing, prompting CPR. Police were also dispatched when the reportedly elderly male became combative with staff. Response proceeded under a non-emergency code.
Audio|Heard on: Portland State University Police and Portland Police Service Desk
Listen to dispatch call
01:55
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3, Medic 1351, need to address this person.
00:03
Southwest Morrison Street, Southwest 18th Avenue, responding on one.
00:06
Engine 3, medics, for an unconscious person.
00:10
Southwest Morrison Street, Southwest 18th Avenue, responding on one, Code 1[1].
00:16
Three forty.
00:20
Call back, see if the patient can reach us at that entrance on 17th.
00:25
Our door codes aren't working.
00:29
Please. Three four four, we're on Emmanuel.
00:32
Three four four, Code 1[1] Emmanuel.
00:35
Status on Emmanuel?
00:38
Emmanuel is green.
00:45
Traffic 1524.
00:48
We've got a couple of police units en route to assist.
00:52
Your discretion is for the 82-year-old male getting violent with staff.
01:01
Copy that. We're going to go ahead and go in.
01:04
Three, three forty-four.
01:10
It's a three.
01:12
Three and Medic 1351.
01:14
It sounds like the patient passed out.
01:16
Then passed out again and stopped breathing.
01:19
We're starting CPR.
01:24
Medic 845, responding to (location withheld).
01:26
At (location withheld), responding with one.
01:31
Medic 845, responding to (location withheld), Unit 301 responding with one, Unit 255.
01:44
Status and voice just here?
01:46
They are green.
01:49
Be green, thank you.
01:53
CPR on the patient, they passed out again.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 1: Non-emergency response; proceed without lights or sirens and obey all traffic laws.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
SW 18th Ave & SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 97205
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