{"id":24956,"date":"2019-02-23T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=24956"},"modified":"2019-02-20T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:09:19","slug":"local-residents-recognized-at-mercy-st-vincent-life-flight-partners-for-life-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/local-residents-recognized-at-mercy-st-vincent-life-flight-partners-for-life-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"local residents recognized at Mercy St. Vincent life flight partners for life conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Wednesday February 6, at the Mercy St. Vincent\u2019s Life Flight\u2019s Partners for Life Conference, in Sandusky, Ohio the first responders of Antwerp Fire and EMS, the Hicksville Fire and EMS, along with the Paulding County Sheriff\u2019s Office, 911 Dispatch and the Paulding County EMA were recognized for their efforts in the successful outcome of a horrific semi accident, north of there Village of Antwerp, Ohio, on State Route 49 on August 2nd, 2018. The agencies, received the Dr. Frank Foss Award for Excellence in pre hospital care under extreme circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The semi truck was attempting to pass an ODOT Road Sweeper, when he struck the vehicle, went off the roadway and flipped over onto it\u2019s top crushing the cab of the semi onto the driver. The ODOT worker was quickly transported to Hicksville Hospital with minor injuries. The agencies involved were recognized for the efforts they put forth in extricating the semi driver and sustaining his life. He was flown to UTMC Hospital in Toledo where he underwent surgery that saved his leg and allow him to walk out of the hospital a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was one of two incident\u2019s that were recognized at the 2019 Dr. Frank Foss Award\u2019s ceremony Wednesday night. The other incident recognized was an industrial accident in the Village of Archbold, Ohio. The Archbold Fire and EMS, Archbold Police Department, Fulton County Life Squad 1, and the Fulton County 911 Dispatch were recognized at an incident that took place on March 27th, 2018, when an individual got his sleeve, then his arm caught in a machine, that detached the arm. Extreme efforts were made to keep the individual alive and be flown to Mercy St.Vincent\u2019s Hospital in Toledo. After being taken into surgery, the doctors were able to save the person\u2019s life but not able to save his arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The efforts of these first responders will be considered for the State of Ohio\u2019s Star of Life Award in Columbus, in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday February 6, at the Mercy St. Vincent\u2019s Life Flight\u2019s Partners for Life Conference, in Sandusky, Ohio the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[11836,11837,11835,11834,6379],"class_list":["post-24956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-antwerp-fire-and-ems","tag-hicksville-fire-and-ems","tag-life-flight","tag-mercy-st-vincent","tag-paulding-county-sheriffs-office"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t