Provincetown police and fire crews were honored for a CPR save
Officers started CPR and used an AED on October 14 before the fire department arrived. At a Select Board meeting on October 26, the town recognized the police officers and the fire and EMS crews who stabilized the patient.
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Provincetown police and fire personnel were recognized Monday night for a medical emergency on October 14, CapeCod.com reported, carrying statements from both departments. Officers Sean Stewart and Caitrin Collins-Hazley reached the patient before the fire department and started CPR, used an AED, and supported the patient's airway. Sergeant Jennifer Nolette coordinated the scene, coached the officers, and sent the arriving fire crews to the patient.
The fire department said its members took over with advanced life support. The patient's pulse and vital signs stabilized. The departments named eleven people in all. Besides the three officers, the police statement listed Captain Lisa Potter, firefighters Michael Gurney, Christopher Gaboury, Andrew Currie, and Matthew MacNeely, Chloe Kaplowitz, Adrianna Burrell, and paramedic-in-training Savanna Medwar-Perkins. The report does not name the patient.
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