Local First Responders Receive Heart Saver Hero Award
Photo by Erin ThomasRecipients of the American Heart Association Heart Saver Hero Award, (L to R): Berwick Fire Chief Dennis Plante, John Britton (American Ambulance), Rick Morrill (American Ambulance), Berwick Fire Captain Steve Plante, Somersworth Fire Lt. James Drakopoulos, Berwick Police Detective Bill Vachon and Berwick Firefighter Dylan Leary. (Not shown in photo are Berwick Fire Captain Sam Tibbetts and Berwick Firefighter Justin Menter.)
Berwick, ME - On September 9th, the Berwick Fire Department responded to a medical aid call involving a cardiac arrest with CPR in progress. Engine 2 and Chief Dennis Plante responded.
On arrival, CPR was in progress by off duty Somersworth Firefighter Lt. James Drakopoulos. Chief Plante and Captain Sam Tibbetts assumed CPR and received assistance from Berwick Firefighters Captain Steve Plante, Firefighter Dylan Leary and Firefighter Justin Menter, as well as American Ambulance staff members John Britton and Rick Morrill, and Berwick Police Officer Bill Vachon.
As a result of each of their efforts, the patient was stabilized and transported to the hospital where he survived and was released three days later.
The First Responders arrived at 3:34 P.M. and the patient was transported at 4:00 P.M., for a total of 26 minutes of CPR on scene. The First Responders were credited by the patient's doctors as life savers for their efforts.
The American Heart Association recently recognized this team for their effort that saved the patient by presenting them with the Heart Saver Hero Award.
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