All in a day’s work.
Bradenton Beach Police Department Officers Devon Straight and Charles Marose received lifesaving awards March 16 from the city they serve.
Straight and Marose responded Feb. 17 to a call regarding a 62-year-old man who fell on the sidewalk in the 1900 block of Gulf Drive North.
The man was not conscious.
He was not breathing.
Straight began CPR while Marose prepared an automated external defibrillator, which he administered to the fallen man and then relieved Straight in CPR.
The officers also shut down traffic along Gulf Drive to give West Manatee Fire Rescue and Manatee County Emergency Medical Services a faster and safer route to the scene.
Rescue services arrived and took over the patient’s care, transporting him to HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
Marose checked on the patient’s condition that evening and was told the man was stabilized and should recover.
Surrounded by family and friends who attended the meeting in support, Marose and Straight received lifesaving awards from their chief, John Cosby.
— Robert Anderson