The Flint Daily has an incredible story of heroism from the streets of Flint during the Crim Festival of Races over the weekend.
A group of residents turned tragedy into triumph, saving the life of a runner experiencing cardiac arrest.
One of the heroes is our own Sarah Satkowiak. Sarah is a public health nursing supervisor at the Genesee County Health Department, a former combat medic in the Michigan Army National Guard and an absolute boss.
You must read the entire story, but the best part comes near the end:
By then, with multiple people on the scene, there was enough of a moment for Veloso and the Satkowiaks to catch their breath. And their first thought went to who the patient they were helping was on a personal level – they didn’t even know whose life they were working tirelessly to save yet.
Patrick Hayes, Flint Daily
“Sarah said, we have to identify this person,” Veloso said. “So we checked his bib and at least learned his first name. So it was like, okay, at least we know his name now.”
The entire time on the scene, Sarah managed the patient’s airway, a critically important part of the intervention that requires an immense amount of training and experience. When it was time to check for a pulse again, his pulse had returned.
On behalf of Genesee County and all residents, we want to recognize the incredible life-saving efforts of everyone involved in this story—from the first on the scene, to the paramedics, and to Sergeant Galajda and Deputy Brock of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office who delivered the medal to the patient’s bedside at Hurley.
You all rule!
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