04/14/2026
We have another positive event to share! Today Atrium Hospital EMS Coordinator Karen Ward from Premier Health presented our crews and Middletown Division of Police officers & dispatcher with a Cardiac Save Award.
In February, crews were dispatched for an unresponsive patient who ended up being in cardiac arrest. Thankfully Middletown police & fire dispatch helped walk the family through how to handle this situation, Middletown police officers arrived continued CPR until EMS arrived. Then shortly after, EMS arrived and continued CPR, eventually regaining a pulse and transporting them to the Atrium. The patient did survive and was discharged. Roughly 10% of people survive these types of events and have positive outcomes across the country. Lately there have been several of these positive events in our community.
This event highlights great cooperation between our dispatch, police officers and EMS we have here in Middletown and shows how important each role is in an event like this. All three divisions in the city work together on a daily basis with the same goal in mind.
Crews involved:
FF/P Boerger
FF/P Haley
Capt. Klug
A/O Nartker
FF/B Kuehnle
Officer Jones
Officer Bemis
Officer Creech
Dispatcher Rodriguez
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