First Responders Receive The Star of Life Award

A group of first responders in Carroll County were honored for their fast and efficient response and care for victims of an automobile accident. The group was honored by the Children’s Emergency Care Alliance of Tennessee

on May 2 at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center in Lebanon, Tenn.

CECATN is a diverse group of physicians, medical providers and representatives dedicated to comprehensive, family-centered pediatric emergency care, rehabilitation and prevention services that sustain the optimal health care for all children of Tennessee.

The EMS Star of Life event honors the accomplishments of EMS personnel across the state of Tennessee who provide exemplary lifesaving care to adult and pediatric patients. The Star of Life Award recognizes exceptional front-line care, with a focus on the agencies and providers who are the initial care responders (from dispatch to hospital doors).

The incident report was as follows: It was almost 1 a.m. on December the 10, 2023 when a vehicle ran off the roadway and was involved in a single vehicle, multiple victim collision. The Carroll County Sheriffs Department, the Carroll County Rescue Squad, and Priority EMS was dispatched to the scene. Once on scene they discovered six female passengers in and around the vehicle, some of which required extensive extrication. Three officers and six EMS personnel had to triage and determine the appropriate destination and treatment of these young women. The EMS crews decided to rendezvous with Vanderbilt Life Flight at the local hospital to initiate the transport of several patients to Nashville.

Vanderbilt Life Flight 8 of Humboldt responded and met with two of the EMS Crews in the hospital parking lot. Initially intended to transport two patients the crew had to emergently intervein on one patient who was hypothermic and combative following a prolonged extrication. The patient had extensive head and facial trauma including a head bleed. The various teams worked together to secure the patient and get her intubated.

She was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she underwent multiple surgeries and treatment for head bleed for facial fractures where she was discharged nine days later.

Carroll County 911 Dispatch- Jamie Summers, Amanda Morgan

Carroll County Sheriff’s Department- Michael Smith, Chance Townes, Sean Bongiovanni

Carroll County Rescue Squad- Tim Bennett, James Brotherton, Brian McCaslin, Curt Taylor, Tim Walton

Priority EMS- Brinnen Murray, Fred Vanderpool, Jonathan Arnold, Kelvin Mc Peake, Nikolas McPeake, Thurmon Garrison

Vanderbilt Life Flight 8- Mark Dittrich, Lyle Holmes, Chad Hollingsworth.