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Staff Sgt. Ok Hubble, an integrated base defense instructor for the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, teaches a student to perform a chest decompression procedure Aug 27, 2012. He recently won the Red Cross Everyday Heroes award for responding to an in-flight medical emergency.
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99th Ground Combat Training Squadron Airman honored as Red Cross 'Everyday Hero'
Posted 8/29/2012 Updated 9/4/2012
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99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
8/29/2012 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- On May 14, 2012, Staff Sgt. Ok Hubble, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, responded to a medical emergency on a flight from Florida to Colorado as the only member with basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
An hour after take-off, a United Airlines flight attendant asked that any passenger with medical training to assist with a medical emergency. As a certified pre-hospital trauma life support technician, Hubble made his way to the front of the aircraft and assessed the situation identifying an unconscious female, in her mid-60s, collapsed in the narrow aisle.
Hubble examined the woman and identified a two-inch cut above the victim's right eye surrounded by a bruise. He applied direct pressure to the cut when the victim began to regain consciousness, and then he began to assess the victim's mental status to determine the extent of the traumatic head injury.
The Denver Emergency Medical Services took custody of the patient, and Hubble relayed all pertinent medical information to medical technicians. |
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