Elderly woman unresponsive, CPR in progress at Buck Island Dr, Guntersville AL

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/1/2025 07:02 PM

Near Buck Island Dr, Guntersville, AL 35976

An elderly woman was found unresponsive near Buck Island Drive. Emergency responders arrived and CPR was started by the caller. A police officer later took over performing chest compressions while awaiting medical transport.

Audio|Source: Albertville/Guntersville/Marshall County Fire Dispatch

03:15

Transcript:

00:00

9-1, Guntersville Medics, near Buck Island Drive, near Buck Island Drive, 78-year-old female, unresponsive, ambulance responding from Station 2 area.

00:15

Central Medical 1 route.

00:17

Jonesville, Medical 1, Gotcha, Route, near Buck Island Drive.

00:25

General Fire, Nade 2 is responding from 69.

00:34

Senator 1, Truck 1 being wrapped.

00:36

104 engine 1, truck 1, 9-1, 2. Gunnroll, PD, are you scanning the fire frequency?

00:46

Not one to all units.

00:48

Callers have been difficulty starting CPR due to the patient being on the bed. We're trying to instruct him to get her off the bed.

00:58

Pedic one received.

01:00

Copy one received.

01:07

Easy one to nine one. Do you readvis or the ambulance of the funding from?

01:11

Angel 69. They cleared from North.

01:19

Freezing.

01:21

General Fire, the caller, I believe, is elderly.

01:24

He advised he's not able to pull her off the bed.

01:28

The call taker is doing, or attempting CPR anyway.

01:41

Rescue 3 is back in search, form from south.

01:46

Rescue 3 inartment.

01:52

Injured 1-9-1, do we have a last known well-time on patient?

01:58

Negative.

02:04

A caretaker is on scene and has been on scene.

02:18

Right now,

02:20

Medical One should be two-free and that's ahead of us.

02:23

Ten-four.

02:25

Medical One, what's your location?

02:31

Medic One?

02:32

We're currently driving down Buck Island Drive about a mile and a half.

02:36

Ten-four.

02:41

Number one, Guntersville Medics and Medic 2.

02:49

104.

02:51

Now into all units, we do have a GPD officer on scene that have taken over compressions.

03:01

Medical 2 is about a 3-minute downtown.

03:06

Correction, last known well time.

03:13

Can you break your last traffic 911, please?

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