Lt. Col. Farris Posey Life Saving Hero Award
Brandon Prentiss
You never know when you will be faced with an emergency.
People were waiting for an elevator when the doors opened a 53 year old man, gray and ashen with no pulse was on the floor. A minute later Brandon Prentiss arrived.
Brandon, an Eagle Scout and a Lifeguard at the YMCA of Cape Cod immediately began CPR. He did an initial set of breaths, checked for a foreign object and then gave another set of breaths. He began CPR and did compressions for another 7 minutes. EMS arrived and had Brandon continue the compressions while they used the AED and administered shocks.
They were able to get a pulse but the patient remained unconscious.
He was taken to a nearby hospital where he remained in a coma for several days, but has subsequently made a complete recovery.
Because of Brandon’s quick response and knowledge of CPR he was able to respond instinctively and quickly averting a potential tragedy.
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