Male adult in cardiac arrest receives CPR en route to hospital, Traverse City MI

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/10/2025 04:46 PM

Traverse City, MI

Emergency responders are providing CPR to an adult male in cardiac arrest. He was found in low oxygen levels and went into cardiac arrest while being transported to Munson Medical Center. Staff mentioned a do-not-resuscitate order but were unsure if it was valid.

Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety

01:32

Transcript:

00:00

MLR, alpha 1, on your radio, cardiac arrest.

00:04

Angel 11, squad 1, you go to Empire.

00:07

Empire, bye, bye.

00:09

Oh, this month, go ahead.

00:14

Well,

00:15

you guys just make yourself available on the MDT.

00:17

You don't need to be en route to a month, and you don't want to type the engine on this call still.

00:23

Just did it.

00:25

Thanks.

00:27

Central, 236.

00:30

236.

00:32

Hi, Munson.

00:34

MMR Alpha 1, coming to you guys, Priority 1[1].

00:36

Coming to you guys, Priority 1[1] with a 73- to 7-year-old male, witnessed arrest by EMS.

00:41

He was declining pretty rapidly for staff from Meta-Lodge TC.

00:45

Low oxygen, he was sat in the low 80s.

00:50

Be clear of this in 10-7.

00:52

Have a good night.

00:54

Here's up.

00:56

Low 80s initially,

00:59

the initial crew got him out to the ambulance.

01:02

He went into cardiac arrest.

01:03

The first two shocks were from, we shocked him from abusive.

01:07

We've given two doses of peppy,

01:10

one dose of Narcan.

01:11

We still have CPR ongoing.

01:13

We've been a pulse check here in a minute.

01:18

Staff stated there was a DNR, but they were unable to produce one.

01:23

They were very unsure if there was a DNR or if there was not.

01:27

If you know for anything further, we're still doing a lot of stuff.

01:30

We'll be there in about five minutes.

Police codes explained

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Priority 1: Highest-priority medical response

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