St. Mary’s Medical Center recently awarded their Call of the Quarter to West Palm Beach Fire Rescue 8 for their quick thinking during a recent call. An elderly man had fallen in his garage, hitting his head on his car. After arriving to his home and doing their initial assessment, first responders noticed he was developing a facial droop: a telltale sign of a stroke. Rather than call him as a traditional trauma alert, he was instead coded as a stroke alert and transported to the Comprehensive Stroke Center at St. Mary’s. Thanks to this quick-thinking, Dr. Ali Malek, medical director of the stroke center, and the stroke team were able to administer timely care that helped save the patient’s life.
Pictured (l-r) Cristy Cook, Asst. Nurse Manager, ER; Dr. Juan Ramos-Canseco; Assistant Chief Jim Gribble; Sandy Ripper-Brown, ARNP, Neuroscience Services; EMS Chief John Meskiel; R-8 crew Brian Lashley; Lt. Linton Ellison; Kevin Kerrigan; Battalion Chief Gary Dolins; Battalion Chief Danny Collazo; Natasha Molina, ARNP, Neuroscience Services; Rob Moreland, EMS/Trauma Liaison; Dr. Muneer Hassan; and Dr. Ali Malek.
