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all of what you will read in this story happened in one shift. It started
about 7 A.M., when Dispatchers Larry Weisshahn and Sid Trujillo
received a call about an auto accident at the IBM San Jose site with possible
injuries. Security Officer/EMTs Robert Davis and Andrew Nordley
responded to the scene while Supervisor/EMT Dan Morino arrived in IBM Ambulance
1.
Our security officers discovered
two patients withinjuries and requested a second ambulance from another
IBM Site. Security Lead/EMT Mike Gundersen responded code-3 (lights
and siren) from the nearby IBM Almaden site in IBM Ambulance 3. Both patients
were evaluated, treated, and transported to Santa Teresa Hospital's emergency
room.
Imediately after Ambulance 1 cleared
from Santa Teresa Hospital, another call came in to dispatch reporting
a man whose arm was severely cut by a piece of pipe. APS Fire Technician
Jim Chislock was the first to arrive. He found the worker with a
deep laceration down to the bone on his forearm. He had lost a substantial
amount of blood, had very weak vital signs, and had an
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altered level of conciousness.
The patient was transported code-3 to Santa Teresa Hospital's emergency
room. Thanks to the effective response of Supervisor Morino and Security
Officer Davis and the follow-up medical care the worker received, the injured
person will have full use of his arm.
As soon as the officers returned
from that call, they traveled to the IBM cafeteria, where one of the employees
was complaining of a knee injury. This also required transportation to
Santa Teresa Hospital's emergency room via IBM Ambulance 1.
Not long after, Security Officer
Dennis Johnson notified dispatch that there was a suspicious female
who was being uncooperative at the IBM main gate. The police were called
and the suspect was taken into custody.
Granted, this was a more active
shift than is typical, but it is good to know that no matter what comes
our way, we can handle it in a professional and effective manner. Hats
off to the entire APS team at IBM!
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