Brentwood: First Responders Honored for CPR Save

Last night the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District Board of Directors honored Engine 52 Crew of Capt Ross Macumber, Capt. Jeremy Copple, Eng Sam Somerhalder and AMR crew of Paramedic Steven Curry and EMT Iris Nahm for a CPR save that occurred on October 26, 2015.

Below is a summary of the incident:

On the morning of October 26th 2015 E52 responded to an unconscious person in front of the Les Schwab tire store on Lone Tree Way in Brentwood. While en route the call was change to a male in cardiac arrest.

As E52 pulled into the scene, an AMR ambulance was already on scene treating the patient along with a bystander, Mr. Randy Mass, who was assisting in providing CPR. E52 crew then took over CPR duties and applied the LUCAS device to perform mechanical CPR. E52s crew then assisted AMR in providing additional patient care including providing a King Tube airway to provide oxygen to the patient and assisting with getting the patient ready for transport.

After applying multiple shocks from the AMR portable cardiac monitor/ defibrillator that the patient was hooked up to, the patient, regained his pulse. At this point the patient was quickly transported to Sutter Delta Medical Center. One firefighter from E52 was sent in the ambulance to the hospital to assist AMR with continued patient care.

It should be noted that the AMR crew of Paramedic Steven Curry and EMT Iris Nahm provided outstanding care to the patient and had the scene running so smoothly that the E52 crew was able to fold into incident with ease.

It should also be noted that Mr. Randy Mass provided excellent bystander CPR and without his help and action the outcome of this incident would have turned out differently.