Archive - Jun 9, 2009

RALEIGH, NC– A House colleague of Rep. Becky Carney of North Carolina, and two General Assembly police officers are being honored for saving her life when she went into cardiac arrest.

The American Red Cross is slated to present Tuesday lifesaving awards to Rep. Bob England and officers Forrest Johnson and Will Smith at a Legislative Building news conference.

England is a physician who said Carney had no pulse after collapsing in her legislative office April 2. The Mecklenburg County Democrat was revived thanks to CPR and the building's defibrillator.

Carney was hospitalized for the heart arrhythmia and has since recovered at home. She'll attend the event and mark her return to work at the House for the first time since her collapse.

SOURCE: Associated Press

LYNNHAVEN, VA–Some consider Ron Hamilton to be the luckiest man alive.

It's the No. 1 comment from those who hear Hamilton's story about the chain of events that led to saving his life on Feb. 10.

When he woke that day, the 60-year-old Kings Grant resident felt out of sorts.

"It's still a complete blank - I have no memory of this," Hamilton said. "My wife, Martha, was going to work and wondered why I was still in bed. She told me it was time to get up, so when she left I went out for a walk. That's when I collapsed on King's Grant Road."

Jogging past Hamilton's house was Steve Hartz, a retired Navy helicopter rescue pilot and former EMS volunteer.

"He started CPR immediately and called 911," Hamilton said. "That got some oxygen to my brain."

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May 2009

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