Acts of Courage 30: Red Cross Training Saves a Life
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Red Cross volunteer Jennifer was out to lunch when she noticed another man choking on his food. She quickly sprung into action, saving the man's life.
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Acts of Courage 30: One Hero Saves One Life Twice
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Jeff, a healthcare worker at Akron General's heart catheterization laboratory, helped save one man's life when he had an emergency and when he needed a lifesaving procedure.
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Acts of Courage 30: Heroes Come In All Sizes
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Seven-year-old Evelyn came to the rescue when she heard her neighbor screaming for help nextdoor. Without her quick thinking and heroic response, the situation could've been much worse.
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Acts of Courage 30: When Red Cross Training Kicks In
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Chris is a teacher at the Medina County Career Center and has Red Cross training - training that kicked in when a student needed it.
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Acts Of Courage 30: A Coworker's "Swiftie" Action Saves a life
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Davey Tree employee Ashley Wise was beginning her morning at the company’s headquarters when she noticed her colleague was in distress. Realizing the person was choking, Ashley remembered the first aid training she received nearly 20 years ago and started giving back blows. She then performed stomach thrusts and was able to dislodge the food blocking her co-worker’s airway.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Local Fire Chief Becomes Blood Hero
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No one will argue the fact that firefighters are heroes. But when a firefighter, or in this case a fire chief, takes time out of his already busy schedule to organize blood drives, it’s going above and beyond his call of duty. That’s the story you’ll hear today, the story of Columbia Township Fire Department Chief Ray Anthony, an American Red Cross Blood Hero.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Retired Nurse Steps Up During COVID
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We continue our countdown to the American Red Cross of North Central Ohio’s Hero Awards with the story of Pam Oglesbee. Pam is a retired Registered Nurse who was one of the first to volunteer to administer COVID-19 vaccinations at clinics around Putnam County during the onset of the pandemic. Pam is the inaugural recipient of the Clara Ayres Award for Extraordinary Service, and rightly so, as you’ll hear.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Tiffin Officer Intervenes To Save A Life
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Tiffin Police Officer Christofer Perry spoke with our host, Christy Peters, about the day he was called to perform a welfare check and wound up saving the life of a man he wasn’t even there to check on.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Driver Shot During Road Rage Incident Saves Others
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Cassie Cisar and Marissa Smith are coworkers for a local transportation company for adults with disabilities and Susan Miller is an assistant manager of a local storer. Little did any of then know that one day that their lives would be forever changed and connected after a road rage shooting in Amherst Township.
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North Central Ohio Hero Awards: Caregiver Rescues Elderly Woman From Burning Apartment
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Melissa Roszman is a caregiver and was working in an elderly community when she saw smoke coming from a nearby apartment. Without hesitating, Melissa sprung into action, potentially saving a life that day.
info_outlineThree students of the Kent State University School of Nursing helped save a man in distress in downtown Wooster, Ohio. The man was experiencing a violent seizure when students Audrey Jokovich, Keenan Orr, and Marissa Tyger happened to be walking by as they were working on a school assignment. They provided aid and obtained valuable information about the patient before EMS arrived on the scene. All three credit their Red Cross Basic Life Support training for helping them know what to do and how to stay calm in a very stressful situation. Hosted by Jim McIntyre, Regional Communications Director of the American Red Cross of Northern Ohio (and proud KSU grad - class of '81.)