EMS Star of Life Award 2009 Winners
Region V


See Article below

Madison Township Fire Department – M182

Wayne Altman, FF/EMT-P (L)

Allen Young, FF/EMT-P (R)

Columbus Division of Fire – E32

Todd Schroeck, Lt./EMT-P

Jon Figgins, FF/EMT-P

Rod Parsell, FF/EMT-P

Rod Stewart, FF/EMT-P

EMS Star of Life Award

Purpose:

The EMS Star of Life Awards are designed to:

HONOR exceptional EMS personnel from each of Ohio’s ten EMS Regions.

RECOGNIZE Ohio’s emergency medical services system and organizations.

REUNITE the EMS provider with the person they treated and present the actual patient scenario.

GENERATE positive medial stories regarding pre-hospital care and the EMS Star of Life Award.

  May 9, 2008, M182 and E32 were dispatched in the area of Gender Rd. and Abbie Trails Blvd. on a report of an asthma attack.

  Upon arrival of area, E32 determined the victim was located on the bike path somewhere between Gender Rd. and Brice Road. E32 retrieved their station truck and proceeded to locate the victim.

  Meanwhile, M182 awaited on the bike path just east of Gender Road. After approximately ten minutes, E32 crew appeared on the path under Gender Rd. with the victim in moderate respiratory distress, weak and pale looking.

  After loading the pt. for transport, M182 crew began with a breathing treatment and additional ALS care.

  Several minutes into the transport, the pt. suddenly went unresponsive and seized, finding him in ventricular fibrillation. M182 immediately suspended transport and summoned E32 to rendezvous for assistance and more manpower.

  After numerous defibrillations and medication administration, the patient converted into a normal sinus rhythm, only to convert into supra ventricular tachycardia with a barely palpable pulse.

  With one synchronized cardioversion, the patient converted into normal sinus rhythm once again for the remainder of the transport. Upon arrival to Mount Carmel East’s trauma room, the patient’s heart once again went into ventricular fibrillation.

  The patient was once again defibrillated before handing over care, converting him into a normal sinus rhythm and within several minutes was responding verbally with emergency department staff.

  To this day, the patient is alive, doing well, and has a new and extremely positive look on life spending a majority of his time helping troubled youths.