Throughout national Emergency Medical Services Week (May 19-25), Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center honored Placer County firefighters and paramedics from four EMS agencies for their heroic efforts in saving lives.
Individual responders received a plaque, while the agency itself also received a plaque that will include the names of new honorees every year.
ROSEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Battalion Chief/Paramedic Kathy Finney with Firefighter/Paramedic Glenn Asbell of Roseville Fire Department Engine 6. Asbell was honored by Kaiser Permanente during EMS Week 2013 for saving the life of a man who suffered a heart attack while exercising.
AMR
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center Emergency Physician Joseph Morris, left, congratulates EMT-P Philip Desmet, and EMT Daniel Ziem, of American Medical Response Medic 238 in Rocklin, during EMS Week 2013 for quickly reestablishing the pulse of a patient in Lincoln who had fallen ill and had stopped breathing.
ROCKLIN FIRE DEPARTMENT
Rocklin Fire Department Engineer/Paramedic Sean Finders of Engine 25 received a plaque during EMS Week 2013 from Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center for his diligent work in treating a senior citizen who had suffered a major heart attack. Pictured, from left to right, are: Kaiser Permanente Emergency Physician Joseph Morris; Firefighter Will Felkins; Capt. Joe Siminski; Battalion Chief Shawn Watkins; Deputy Chief Rick Holmes; Engineer/Paramedic Sean Finders; and Karen Crain-Riddle, associate director of the Sierra-Sacramento Valley EMS Agency.
SOUTH PLACER FIRE DISTRICT
Emergency Medical Services personnel from South Placer Fire District Medic 17 and Engine 17, based in Granite Bay, were recognized by Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center during EMS Week 2013 for their dedication to providing Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support to a man who suffered cardiac arrest. Pictured from left to right are: Engineer/EMT Joey Vincent; Joseph Morris, MD, Kaiser Permanente emergency physician; Capt. Lisa Giblin; Capt./EMS Coordinator Rich Kleefeld; Engineer/EMT Justin Silva; and Firefighter/Paramedic Andy Heald
