Emergency calls involving Jan. 17, 2017 death of NMU football player Anthony Herbert of Lapeer, MI
Channel: UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews Greg Peterson
Date: 18/01/2017

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 1-18-17  5 a.m. ET – The effort to save an NMU football player: Audio tapes of what police, paramedics and firefighters were told after it was reported that Anthony Herbert was not breathing in his dorm room

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

This is a summary of emergency calls involving the effort to save the life of Anthony Herbert – a 20 year-old sophomore from downstate Lapeer, MI.
Herbert had participated in an early morning workout (Tuesday, Jan. 17) and went to breakfast before returning to his room in Spaulding Hall.

Emergency call starts about 8:21 a.m. - and this is condensed tape for next five minutes with pauses removed:

The dispatcher at 911 is talking to unit "141" – an ambulance U.P. Health Systems - Marquette

"caller advices patient is not breathing, appears like there's something in his airway. CPR is in progress."
"They do not believe he is breathing.They are starting CPR now."

The you hear a Marquette Fire Truck go en-route – that firetruck is unit "2054"

"Marquette city units – check that – Marquette County units we have an AED incident that is on campus – Spaulding Hall room 117"
"One-Seveteen Spauling Hall – 20 year old male - CPR instructions are being given – it's 8:23"

The you hear a nurse at the hospital tell the ambulance to keep everyone in the emergency room informed.

AED means Automated External Defibrillator (Wikipedia)
Some police vehicles in Marquette County carry AED units – used to help restart a heart.

Then you hear Marquette firetruck 2052 go en-route
Also dispatcher confirms addtress to all responding with the AED units

At 8:25 a.m. You hear an officer on scene to give directions
"For responding units and ambulances – come down the courtyard between Ghant (Hall) and Spauling off of Lincoln" Avenue.

The dispatcher confirms that the courtyard is location for rescuers to set up- and then the dispatcher relays that info to arriving fire trucks.

Dispatcher tells all en-route:
"The caller was the roommate – states the patient was acting normally – because it was witnessed"

Both fire trucks confirm at 8:27 a.m. And the first fire truck arrives at 8:28 a.m. - and there are campus police at the scene.

At 9:20 a.m., the ambulance takes the deceased football player to the hospital presumably for an autopsy.
At 9:24 a.m., the fire trucks radio they are leaving NMU – and are back in service.
The ambulance arrives at the hospital with Anthony Herbert and goes back in service at 9:25 a.m.