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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - DECEMBER 15, 2006 Piedmont Triad Ambulance & Rescue, Inc. CONTACT: Paula Lineberry, PTAR Chief PHONE: 336-887-3411 PTAR Employees Earn Lifesaving Awards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please Click HERE To See Photos Of The Lifesaving Awards Being Presented. |
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Two Piedmont Triad Ambulance & Rescue (PTAR) employees were given American Red Cross Lifesaving Awards during their Annual Christmas Dinner, which was held on December 09, 2006. The awards were presented to EMT-I Lane Doby and EMT-I Ben Stewart by Amy Stroud, Director of Program Operations with the High Point-Thomasville Chapter of the Red Cross, and Paula Lineberry, PTAR Chief. Doby and Stewart earned the awards for their successful efforts in reviving a young man, Jason Ashe, who had suffered sudden cardiac arrest in his home on Meadowbrook Drive in Trinity on May 02, 2006. A PTAR ambulance was dispatched on a breathing difficulty call, filling in for Randolph County EMS units which were tied up on other calls. While they were enroute, Jason's father, Walter Ashe, was performing CPR while his mother, Lennis Ashe, was talking on the telephone with Emergency Medical Dispatchers and relaying CPR instructions to her husband. Guil-Rand Fire Department arrived first, and took over the CPR effort. Upon the arrival of the PTAR ambulance several minutes later, Doby and Stewart used an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to shock Jason's heart back into a normal rhythm, and to restore his heartbeat. Shortly afterwards, a Randolph County ambulance arrived on the scene. Doby, Stewart and Guil-Rand personnel assisted the Randolph County paramedics with stabilizing the patient, who was then loaded into an ambulance and rushed to High Point Regional Hospital. He was later transferred to Baptist Hospital in Winston- Salem, where he received a small defibrillator implant, and spent several weeks recovering. Jason Ashe, along with his parents and sister, Melissa, attended the PTAR Annual Christmas Party to tell his story of survival and to personally thank the EMTs who saved his life. Following their comments, Amy Stroud presented each EMT an "Extraordinary Personal Action Award" certificate, which is given to people who use a skill taught in a Red Cross class to save or sustain a life. They will also receive a framed award from the National Red Cross office. She also gave both of them a pocket CPR mask, a Red Cross lapel pin, and a keychain which was inscribed with the slogan, "Together We Can Save A Life." Chief Paula Lineberry also presented Doby and Stewart with "CPR Save" awards. They are the first members of PTAR to ever receive that award. She noted that while many EMTs perform numerous "saves" during their careers - by getting patients to the hospital alive - not many of those patients survive long enough to leave the hospital. Jason Ashe, who was in critical condition for a couple of weeks, beat those odds and walked out of the hospital and returned home, where he continues to lead a normal life. She also commended Jason Ashe's parents for their initial efforts at performing CPR before the ambulance arrived, saying they were the link in the "chain of survival" which starts by calling 9-1-1. They kept Jason alive during the eight minutes it took for help to arrive, which Chief Lineberry said was the "link between life and death." Ben Stewart has worked for PTAR since 1991, and Lane Doby joined in 2003. They are both certified at the Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate (EMT-I) level. Please Click HERE To See Photos Of The Lifesaving Awards Being Presented. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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