Clackamas Fire Recognizes Community Member As A Hero (Photo) -03/17/22
On Monday, March 21st, 2022, Clackamas Fire will be presenting the Life-saving award to John Cerda, a community member that witnessed an incident, and jumped into action.
In the early morning hours of November 14th, 2021, Clackamas Fire Engine 301 and American Medical Response (AMR) responded to a call at a local business and to the report of a 54-year-old male who had been run over by a large forklift. Upon their arrival, they found the patient with severe injuries to his leg, including a life-threatening hemorrhage. Crews rapidly performed an assessment, provided life-saving interventions, and readied the patient for immediate transport to a level one trauma center.
What became obvious to firefighters on the scene was that if it would not have been for the quick thinking of John Cerda, his co-worker, the outcome of this call would have been entirely different. Cerda jumped into action by applying a make-shift tourniquet, using his belt, to slow the patient's loss of blood.
John Cerda who is also a part-time firefighter with the City of Gladstone, recognized the criticality of the situation, jumped into action, and saved the life of his co-worker. This patient was fortunate to have a calm, cool and collected co-worker in John at his side that day, and his actions ensured the best possible outcome in this traumatic situation.
Clackamas Fire will be presenting the award to Mr. Cerda on Monday, March 21st, 2022, at the regular board meeting which begins at 5:00pm and will be held virtually. The presentation will take place at the beginning of the meeting. If you would like to attend and witness the exchange, please click on the link below, scroll down and follow the “Zoom” instructions under the Board Meeting announcement.
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Thank you John. We are proud to have people like you in our community!