Good Samaritans
Make sure each of your service’s cardiac arrest patients get the best chance of survival by prioritizing high-quality CPR in training and in practice
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The bystanders pulled the man from his sinking vehicle and started performing CPR, but he later died after being transported to a medical facility
Fish and Game called a National Guard helicopter to evacuate the 39-year-old woman, who had been hiking Mount Cabot at the time of the emergency
Shannon Wiggins called 911 to report the apartment fire, then drove to it
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“We’re really proud how this showed the whole system works, from the dispatcher, the firefighters to the bystanders,” said Decatur Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tracy Thornton
With a partly crushed skull and a broken jaw, J.C. La Verde kept swimming until he reached safety
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
Off-duty medical professionals and good Samaritans helped the woman, then EMS providers treated her for chest trauma and transported her
Bystanders helped move the patient, and first responders “packaged him and carried him to the ambulance,” the Transylvania County Rescue Squad said
Before Lafayette firefighters and EMS crews arrived, Nick Bostic saw the flames while driving, stopped and ran inside
Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said first responders restored the patient’s pulse before transferring him to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Justin Morrow, who was one day from returning to work full-time following an injury, rushed to help a man and two children after a rollover crash
Middletown Firefighter Beau Sienkiewicz performed the Heimlich maneuver and back blows before a Hartford HealthCare EMS crew arrived
“You have to keep it up until the EMTs come and can take over,” said Gerardo Alvarez, a physical therapy tech who was honored with a medal for his off-duty response
Mo. firefighter Todd Covington described the derailment and aftermath, saying, the scouts “probably saved 20 or 30 people’s lives”
Swimmers brought a 67-year-old woman to shore and off-duty nurses and a doctor started performing CPR before EMS providers arrived
The golfer, Steve Levin, has since had Lincolnwood Fire Department members conduct CPR training at his law firm and wants to raise public awareness of CPR
Another gym member found Dolores Boschert at about 2:50 a.m., tried to perform first aid and called for help
Another bystander helped the man before police and EMS arrived
Crews with multiple agencies rescued the Morristown Rescue crew and treated and transported the patient
Firefighter Anthony Mendez assisted in performing CPR on Patrick McCarthy, 72, before EMS providers arrived on scene
One citizen was a nurse on his way to work and fashioned a makeshift tourniquet
“She was my guardian angel,” Caryn Hebert Sullivan said in praise of Sophia Furtado
The award recognizes agencies that have demonstrated creative approaches to improving therapies for patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes and sudden cardiac arrest
“Take CPR classes, because you can save lives with them,” said Bob Odenkirk, who suffered a heart attack and was transported to a hospital last year
Pre-plan for bystander response, mental health support for when chaotic violence disrupts a mass gathering
Knowing how to intervene when a colleague is going off the rails could save their career and protect the agency’s reputation
Gresham firefighter Nick Haney helped administer CPR to Meghan Roth, whom he’d met through a mutual friend
Roger Crystal leaped out of his vehicle to help when he and his wife noticed a man suffering a medical emergency on a Los Angeles sidewalk
Study shows that “CPR with rescue breathing” is only form of infant CPR associated with good neurological outcomes
