“Had there not been an AED so close to where the patient arrested, and had the ski patrol not used their quick thinking in grabbing it, he would not be with us today.” - Jeff Poland, BS, NRP, FP-C, Crystal Mountain Ski Petrol
To make the most out of having to work on Christmas Day 2017, Kory Abercrombie – a 31-year-old firefighter paramedic for Bainbridge Island Fire Department – dressed as Santa Claus. Having been a volunteer ski medic for the past year at Crystal Mountain – home to 2,600 acres of ski trails and runs in Enumclaw, Washington – he learned an important lesson: namely, that the new guy works the holidays.
As Kory grabbed lunch, he heard a call for help come over his radio, indicating that a man was slumped over and unconscious on the chairlift. A call for help over the radio. The second volunteer medic working that day, 27-year-old Jeff Poland, had just started down a run when the same call came over his radio about an emergency taking place at the Forest Queen lift, from which he had just disembarked. Meanwhile, the operator, alerted to the situation, stopped the chairlift and immediately called for the ski patrol. That’s when Michelle Longstreth – a veteran member of the ski patrol with 24 years of service under her belt – knew something was wrong.
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