MARSHALL, Il. (WTWO/WAWV) — Clark County EMS Supervisor, Mike Bridges, had to perform life-saving CPR, when his partner went into cardiac arrest.
The initial call was stressful because they were already trying to rescue a patient, when bridges’ partner went down and seconds were vital. Though Bridges said he couldn’t have helped his partner, Brian Ketterer, without the rest of his team of first responders.
Bridges said he was grateful that due to his training, Ketterer is on the road to recovery.
“I actually got to go visit him, so it was nice to talk with him after the fact. Because I went to see him the next day. Well, I guess it was the same day, later on that morning. So yeah, it was great. I’m happy things turned out like that,” said Bridges.
Ketterer said he is in cardiac rehab, has some new hardware, an ICD in place, but said he feels a lot better and that the team is excellent at helping him with anything he needs.
“First responders are family. Whether it’s fire, EMS, law enforcement as you saw. We all show up at the same things at the same time and deal with the same issues and for these guys to, you know, I knew that they would always have my back no matter what. I just didn’t know it would be this far,” said Paramedic for Clark County, Brian Ketterer.
Chace Bramlett said they are taught to expect the unexpected and said he is extremely proud of this team’s quick thinking.
“It doesn’t get much more unexpected than this and nobody failed to act. Everybody immediately jumped in. Everybody immediately did their job and did it expertly. So, hopefully that will inspire people that are coming up in this business to learn, hey you never know what’s going to happen, but be ready for it,” said Director for Clak County Ambulance Services, Chace Bramlett.
Bramlett also said that EMS aid people who are having the worst day of their life and it was a blessing to save Ketterer.
