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Yahoo
28-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Group of Chicago firefighters, EMTs honored for saving child's life
CHICAGO — A group of firefighters and paramedics were honored Wednesday for their role in saving the life of a 13-month-old child. The group being honored included two Chicago Fire Department paramedics and four EMTs who saved a life after receiving a call about a child in cardiac arrest earlier this year. Thanks to their life-saving measures, the child was brought back to life and on Wednesday, they received Project ADAM's Community Hero Awards for their heroic work. Read more: Latest Chicago news and headlines When the fire department arrived on the scene that day, the child's parents were already performing CPR on 13-month-old baby Arbora. Crews quickly jumped into action and were able to get the child's heart beating again. She was later taken to the hospital but is now back at home in good spirits. Wednesday's honorees included Chicago Fire Department Ambulance 74's Patrick Papiez, Shlomo Starck as well as Truck 6 EMTs Casey Postilion, Zeko Durovic, Sergio Luna and Andrew Lewandowski. Arbora parents said they are forever grateful for the life-saving work. LATEST CASES: Missing people in Chicagoland 'Incredible job, but the entire team, you know, from the first responders to the nurses to, you know, to the people in the emergency room, to the ICU, the doctors. It was, for us, it was a shock as parents, but they see this kind of thing every day,' Arbora' father said. Project ADAM, is a national non-profit organization committed to saving lives through advocacy, education, preparedness and collaboration to prevent sudden cardiac death. Project ADAM, was created in 1999 after a 17-year-old Wisconsin student, Adam Lemel, collapsed and died while playing basketball. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
28-05-2025
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- CBS News
Lurie Children's Hospital awards CFD paramedics, EMTs Community Hero Award
A group at Lurie Children's Hospital presented Chicago Fire Department paramedics and EMTs with a Community Hero Award Wednesday morning for saving a baby from cardiac arrest. Earlier this year, CFD ambulance No. 74 and truck No. 6 responded to a 13-month-old baby suffering from cardiac arrest. The child's parents started CPR, and the CFD teams took over when they arrived at the home. The Chicago emergency response team was able to revive the child, before rushing them to Lurie Children's Hospital for further treatment. On Wednesday, the Project ADAM team at the hospital will present the Community Hero Award to CFD paramedics Patrick Papiez and Shlomo Starck from Ambulance 74, and EMTs Casey Postilion, Zeko Durovic, Sergio Luna, and Andrew Lewandowski from Truck 6. Project ADAM, Automated Defibrillators in Adam's Memory, is a national program focused on educating and equipping schools to respond to a sudden cardiac event. "The Chicago Fire Department's quick and life-saving actions provided this child with a second chance," Lurie Children's Hospital said in a written statement.
