‘It’s Our Job’: Firefighters Rescue Passenger Suffering Medical Emergency On Southwest Flight

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WBZ-TV) – Many of the calls firefighters spell connected are aesculapian emergencies, wherever idiosyncratic needs help. Most firefighters person EMT oregon paramedic training, but it’s not often they person to usage it astatine 30,000 feet.

“As soon arsenic we recognized determination was a problem, our grooming kicked in,” said North Attleboro Fire Captain George McKinnon. “We bash this worldly each implicit the spot successful each antithetic kinds of settings. I ne'er thought I’d beryllium doing it successful an airplane up above.”

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Last week, 7 firefighters from North Attleboro and Foxboro, Massachusetts were connected a Southwest Airlines formation to Chicago. A adjacent rider was having a aesculapian problem, then, helium turned gray. The firefighters didn’t hesitate.

“We did not adjacent person to look astatine each other,” said North Attleboro Fire Chief Chris Coleman. “We conscionable simply knew what had to get done. Captain McKinnon did the CPR, I enactment the IV in, Captain Langille got the AED.”

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The level had each of the instrumentality the firefighters needed. “After the diligent regained consciousness, we started an IV, we gave him immoderate fluid and helium remained conscious for the full flight,” Chief Coleman said.

The rider had nary pulse, it was that bad. But the firefighters got a pulse back, got his humor unit up and bosom going. The formation continued connected to Chicago. “We bash it each day,” Chief Coleman said. “Whether it’s 30,000 feet successful the aerial oregon connected the sidewalk successful North Attleboro. It’s our job.”

The radical was traveling to Denver to sojourn the Fallen Firefighters Memorial.

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The firefighters progressive successful the rescue were Chief Chris Coleman, Capt. George McKinnon, Capt. Josh Langille, Lt. Scott Langille, retired firefighters Jeff Badger and Rich McDonagh, and Foxborough Firefighter Cory Shepardson.