State Patrol Troopers
Help Save Life
at Governor’s Mansion
By: Komo Staff
OLYMPIA – A 70-year-old woman probably
owes her life to some quick thinking State Patrol troopers and a Good
Samaritan after she collapsed from an apparent heart attack.
The woman was taking a tour of the
Governor’s Mansion Wednesday afternoon when she collapsed in front of
the State Patrol security office.
Trooper Matthew Andersen went to get the
mansion’s AED (Automated External Defibrillator) while a second trooper,
Derek Anderson, administered CPR. Anderson also administered the
electric shock from the AED. A nurse from the Vancouver, Washington
area also helped out.
Anderson worked on the woman for about
five minutes until medics arrived and she was then taken to Saint
Peter’s Hospital in Olympia. We’re told the woman has survived, but we
don’t know her exact condition.
The troopers are relatively new on the
job, having just been trained on the AED’s while at the State Patrol
Academy just four months ago.
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