--- description: Gov. John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, spotted a woman in need of help from his car Monday evening and stopped to assist title: Oregon Governor Performs Emergency CPR on Woman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oregon Governor Performs Emergency CPR on Woman by [David Winograd](/author/david-winograd/) ## David Winograd Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 3:51 PM CUT by [David Winograd](/author/david-winograd/) ## David Winograd Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 3:51 PM CUT Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber [performed emergency CPR](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/us/oregon-governor-cpr/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined") on an unconscious woman in downtown Portland Monday. The governor’s spokesperson Nkenge Harmon Johnson said the woman had “apparently overdosed” of heroin, CNN reports. Kitzhaber saw the woman was in need of help when he was being driven to dinner Monday evening, and directed his driver to stop the car so he could assist her until emergency responders arrived on the scene. Kitzhaber, a Democrat, is a former emergency room doctor and is running for a historic fourth term as Oregon’s governor. Monday’s incident was not the first time Kitzhaber used his medical training on the campaign trail. Kitzhaber assisted a man who had a heart seizure during a 2010 gubernatorial debate. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/us/oregon-governor-cpr/index.html?hpt=hp%5Ft2 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/89467/oregon-governor-cpr-john-kitzhaber/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/89467/oregon-governor-cpr-john-kitzhaber/"},"headline":"Oregon Governor Performs Emergency CPR on Woman","datePublished":"2014-05-06T15:51:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:40:53.009Z","description":"Gov. John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, spotted a woman in need of help from his car Monday evening and stopped to assist","url":"https://time.com/89467/oregon-governor-cpr-john-kitzhaber/","keywords":["States","oregon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Winograd","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-winograd/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/89467/oregon-governor-cpr-john-kitzhaber/","name":"Oregon Governor Performs Emergency CPR on Woman"}}]}] ```