Crime & Safety
Marblehead Officers Honored With State Award
Two Marblehead Police officers were part of the team that saved a person suffering from cardiac arrest.
MARBLEHEAD, MA – Last January, two Marblehead police officers helped save the life of a 66-year-old having a cardiac arrest in the Abbot Public Library.
The officers – Andrew Clark and Adam Mastrangelo – responded to a call of a person yelling on the first floor of the library, according to a Marblehead Police Department Facebook post. The officers found a person in full cardiac arrest.
The officers were honored on Thursday with the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee Lifesaving Award.
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According to the Facebook post, Clark performed chest compressions while Mastrangelo set up the defibrillator. One shock from the defibrillator stimulated a light pulse in the patient, who was transported to the Salem Hospital ER.
The post noted that the individual survived, and that the officers were acting as part of a team who worked together to save the life of the patient.
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Congratulations officers!
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