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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Hinsdale Firefighters/Paramedics Receive Award for Saving a Man's Life

Hinsdale Adventist Hospital honors paramedics for helping to save a man's life on Thanksgiving Day

Talk to any working firefighter or paramedic and they will tell you, their jobs can quite often be heartbreaking.  Their hard work, clinical expertise and timeliness doesn't always guarantee that they will save a life.  Fortunately, for four diligent Hinsdale firefighters/paramedics and police officer Jeff Huckfeldt, their immediate response and quick action tending to a heart attack victim last Thanksgiving Day, helped give an unresponsive man his life back. Because of their heroic efforts, Hinsdale Adventist Hospital presented four of the men with a STEMI award for their outstanding service and timely clinical expertise.  Don Newberry, Patrick Schaberg, Bill Claybrook and Lt. Jon Carlson, all of the Hinsdale Fire Department received the …

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