Emergency First Response® would like to congratulate the following Emergency Responders who put their training into action when called upon to offer assistance.
In South Africa
Emergency Responder: Samual Robbertze
Action: An officer in the South African Police Service, Robbertze arrived on the scene to find a victim who had been shot in the side of the head. The victim was showing signs of head and brain trauma but was still conscious. After calling for emergency medical services, he used his first-aid skills: Robbertze first applied gauze and bandages to stop the bleeding, then looked for secondary injuries and covered the victim with a blanket, keeping him warm until EMS arrived to take over the victim’s care.
EFR® Instructor: Margi Kathrine Robbertze (#524526)
In Mexico
Emergency Responder: Ivo Urbancic
Action: At a local marina, a deck hand on the boat being cleaned accidentally lowered a tender transom onto the diver cleaning the hull, crushing him between two 25-metre-long/82-feet-long yachts and trapping him underwater for four minutes. Emergency medical services arrived on scene but were poorly equipped to deal with the situation; luckily, Urbancic and staff of The Dive Gurus were there to help, with up-to-date trauma and oxygen kits as well as an AED. As the victim was removed from the water, Urbancic helped by directing and coordinating using the equipment on hand. CPR was performed and the victim was revived, placed on the stretcher and rushed to the hospital.
EFR Instructor: Luke D Inman (#604063)
In the USA
Emergency Responder: Mark Schenker
Action: After finishing the second-to-last song of a set at a local club, Kix bassist Mark Schenker turned around to see the drummer slumped over his drums. Seeing that the patient wasn’t responsive, Schenker had the drum technician and guitar technician carry the patient to level ground. He checked for pulse and breathing, and with neither present he started CPR while emergency medical services was called. Schenker and one of the technicians continued administering CPR, and while the patient began breathing on his own the pulse was weak, so they discontinued breathing but focused on chest compressions for six to seven minutes until EMS arrived. The patient was shocked with an AED and revived; he was transported to a hospital, where he recovered.
EFR Instructor: Tom McKey (#257709)
