Posted on 03/10/2006 5:39:15 PM PST by SandRat
/10/2006 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFPN) -- A security forces noncommissioned officer lost consciousness and was saved by a fellow Airman at a Las Vegas restaurant March 5.
Members of the security team for Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment '06 were at dinner when Master Sgt. Jeff Jones noticed that Staff Sgt. Dionne Bennett, an Air National Guard augmentee, looked faint and "un-alert." Sergeant Jones is the security superintendent for JEFX '06 and assigned to the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla.
"She put her hand on her head and complained about being hot," Sergeant Jones said. "I asked if she was OK and she simply replied, 'I don't know.'"
At that moment, Sergeant Bennett fell out of her seat and began to lose consciousness.
Sergeant Jones barked orders to the restaurant staff and began to administer first aid. After confirming that the restaurant staff called 911, Sergeant Jones kept his co-worker alert, checked her heart rate, pupil dilation and applied a cold compress to her forehead.
Once paramedics arrived, Sergeant Jones was able to give them vital information they needed to administer further care. He then accompanied Sergeant Bennett to the hospital to provide additional support.
"I know that any one of our military family would have done the same for me," Sergeant Jones said. "I'm just glad that everyone present was able to do their part to help one of our team.”
Sergeant Jones credits his training as a certified first responder for giving him the tools to save his friend's life.
"While at Kadena Air Base, Japan, I received the training ... it all came back to me at that moment," he said.
For Sergeant Bennett, the road to recovery is expected to be short. Doctors later diagnosed she experienced an aneurism but will recover fully. She's already looking forward to returning to work during the exercise.
"I've got a few follow-up appointments, but I'm ready to get back with the mission support element," Sergeant Bennett said.
"I want to thank (Sergeant Jones) personally for saving my life," Sergeant Bennett said. “Him keeping calm and in control is what made the difference."
The incident has clearly cemented a bond between the two security forces Airmen.
"Sergeant Jones is definitely my hero … I don't know what I would have done if this had happened somewhere else," Sergeant Bennett said. “I’m lucky to have such a caring and prepared team.”
I am so sorry that I just can't see how this made the news and how a life was saved. Cold compresses, taking a pulse and telling someone to call 911 is, I'm sure, done every day by thousands of people. Our fighting men and women need heroic stories told about how THEY are saving lives in Iraq. That is too bad that we never hear about them. But someone in a Las Vegas restaurant....oh dear.
I agree. what happened in vegas shoulda stayed in vegas.
Rupture and blood clotting are the risks involved with aneurysms. Rupture leads to drop in blood pressure, rapid heart rate, and lightheadedness. The risk of death is high except for rupture in the extremities. Blood clots from popliteal arterial aneurysms can travel downstream and suffocate tissue. Only if the resulting pain and/or numbness are ignored over a significant period of time will such extreme results as amputation be needed. Clotting in popliteal venous aneurysms are much more serious as the clot can embolise and travel to the heart, or through the heart to the lungs (a pulmonary embolism).
LOL!
I'm a registered nurse, so I'm familiar with aneurysms. It just looks like things are slow at Nellis AFB in the PR department. I still fail to see how this man's first responder training in Japan saved this person's life by applying a wet compress and calling 911. But, who am I to judge....I guess it makes for a nice "feel good" story at the airbase.
How is that for a quote?
Funny! Thanks!
I like this regarding the vertical shop:
Airman Lucas said helping his fellow Airmen have a better work and living environment gives him great job satisfaction.
"While I was in (Iraq) we helped build a (base exchange) that brought a lot of morale to the troops," Airman Lucas said.
The vertical shop basically builds the bases for the Airmen there and provides them with all the creature comforts they can, Airman Lucas said.
Airman Lucas also recently participated in a morale project on base, building a scoreboard at the softball fields to improve the intramural sports program.
"We make the home you are fighting for," Mr. Yozzo said.
Agreed. The article just seemed to try to hard to make a bigger deal out of a rather unspectacular story.
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