After singer Fantasia Barrino swallowed a bottle of aspirin, her manager had someone put her in the shower to keep her from losing consciousness, according to the 911 tape released by Charlotte, N.C., police today.

Barrino's manager, Brian Dickens, called 911 at 8:53 p.m. Monday, after finding the 2004 "American Idol" winner almost unconscious in her Charlotte mansion.

When the 911 operator asked him what happened, Dickens said, "An individual took a bottle of aspirin and she's slowly losing consciousness."

"Are you with the patient now?" the operator asked.

Dickens, on his cell phone, responded, "I'm outside, but someone else is with her inside."

"Is she awake?"

"Slowly losing consciousness," Dickens said, adding that Barrino was "halfway" awake.

"Is she breathing?"

"Yes," Dickens replied.

The operator asked if Barrino was violent or had a weapon, to which Dickens said no.

Asked where she was now, Dickens said he had her put in the shower to "keep her awake."