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| Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, far left, with CCSO deputies at Tuesday's Phoenix Awards ceremony. Photo by Cpl. Efrain Hernandez/CCSO |
Eighteen
Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies were honored Tuesday for bringing
people back to life after sudden cardiac death.
The deputies
were among more than 100 Collier County first responders who were honored with
Phoenix Awards by the Collier County Emergency Medical Services Department in a
special ceremony at the county Emergency Services Center, 8075 Lely Cultural
Parkway in East Naples.
Named after
the mythological bird that died and rose renewed from the ashes, the Phoenix
Award is given to first responders who brought back to life, through their
highly trained efforts, patients who were clinically dead, with no heartbeat or
breathing.
The awards
were received for 18 patients who were resuscitated over a six-month period
this year.
Sheriff
Kevin Rambosk handed the deputies their award.
The
following CCSO deputies were honored Tuesday:
Cpl. Gregory Gosselin responded to a call of 76-year-old
man who was in cardiac arrest at Erin’s
Isle Restaurant in East Naples on Jan. 3. Cpl. Gosselin was the first responder to
arrive on scene and immediately started CPR. Firefighters arrived and
administered three shocks to the man. Paramedics arrived and found pulses and
respiration. The man was discharged alive from the hospital.
Cpl. David Schaare Jr., assisted in the post-cardiac arrest
care of a 70-year-old woman at Naples South Dialysis Center on Jan. 5. She was
defibrillated once by an automated external defibrillator (AED) and regained
pulses and respiration. She was later discharged alive from the hospital.
Cpl. Jason Stauffer found an 81-year-old woman in
cardiac arrest in the parking lot of her residence in North Naples on Feb.
25. He began CPR on the woman. She
regained pulses and respiration on the way to the hospital. She was discharged alive
from the hospital.
Dispatcher Richard Swink answered a 911 call Feb. 28 and
coached the husband of the 64-year-old patient in CPR until paramedics arrived.
Paramedics continued cardiac arrest treatment while the patient was transported
to the hospital, defibrillating her three times, with the return of pulses. The
patient was discharged alive from the hospital.
Dispatcher Dee Fuentes answered a 911 call March 28 and
coached the patient’s family in CPR until the arrival of Cpl. Anna Horowitz, firefighters and paramedics. The 68-year-old
patient was defibrillated twice and became awake and alert. The patient
underwent cardiac catheterization at the hospital and was discharged from alive
from the hospital.
Sgt. Patrick McManus assisted in the care of a
55-year-old woman in cardiac arrest April 6. When paramedics arrived the
woman’s pulses and respirations had returned. She was later discharged alive
from the hospital.
Cpl. Matt Vaill assisted in the care of a
52-year-old man who had collapsed in his home in Golden Gate Estates on April
22. The man was defibrillated twice and eventually regained pulses and
respirations. The man was talking and asking questions at the hospital. He was
discharged alive from the hospital.
Dispatcher Cecilia Orr answered a 911 call May 6 and
coached the patient’s wife in CPR until Cpl.
John Knowlton arrived. Cpl. Knowlton moved the 66-year-old man to the
ground and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Paramedics defibrillated the
man multiple times and had a return of pulses at the hospital. He was later
discharged alive from the hospital.
Dispatcher Thomas Morris answered a 911 call June 14 and
coached the family of a 1-year-old girl in CPR until Cpl. Eric Kincaid and Deputy
Meagan Kitchenoff arrived. Cpl. Kincaid and Deputy Kitchenoff continued CPR
on the child until turning her over to paramedics for transport to the hospital.
The child regained pulses in the ambulance and was transported alive to the hospital.
She was discharged alive from the hospital three days later.
Cpl. James Driscoll and Deputy Michael Puka assisted in the care of an 85-year-old East
Naples man who had collapsed in his home in cardiac arrest June 28. The man was
defibrillated once and regained pulses in the ambulance. He was discharged
alive from the hospital.
Sgt. James Byers, Cpl. Charles Creamer and Auxiliary
Deputy Michael Malarney initiated CPR and applied an AED to a 64-year-old
man in cardiac arrest June 30. The AED did not find shockable rhythm but pulses
returned prior to the arrival of paramedics and firefighters. The patient was
later discharged alive from the hospital.
