PULSE Magazine | October 2018 Issue

Catherine Logeman

Jennifer Roberts

Kyrstin Larose

Jason Freitag

Tyler Weldon

Sweet Sixteen! Cardiac Arrest Survivor Meets her Rescuers on her 16th Birthday

A little over two months ago, 15 year old Catherine Logeman suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. October 23rd was Catherine's 16th birthday and she got to celebrate with ATCEMS Medics and STARFlight personnel who took care of her that day as well as members of her family, Chief Rodriguez and several EMS employees at Headquarters who gave her a hug and wished her a happy birthday. On August 17, 2018, ATCEMS Communications Medic Kyrstin Larose received a 911 call form Catherine's grandfather. Medic Larose identified that Catherine was in cardiac arrest and started to provide CPR instructions to Catherine's grandfather. Moments later the call was discon- nected and Medic Larose made multiple attempts to call back to Catherine's grandfather with no success. During this time Communications Medic Esme Harvey received a 911 call and

quickly identified it was Catherine's grandfather back on the line. Medic Harvey gave CPR instruc- tions and Lake Travis Fire Fighters arrived first on scene with the AED and were able to success- fully defibrillate Catherine. EMS Clinical Special- ist Adam Bostick, Medic Tyler Weldon and Commander Temple Thomas arrived on scene shortly after and continued resuscitation efforts. Travis County Starflight crew members Jason Freitag and Jennifer Roberts arrived on scene and assisted with caring for and transported Catherine to the ER. Catherine surprised her responders with personal- ized cards and we surprised her with cake and flowers.

Happy Birthday Catherine!

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