HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.b. Spirit of Rosemount AwardsCITY OF ROSEMOUNT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION
City Council Meeting Date March 15, 2005
AGENDA ITEM:
Spirit of Rosemount Awards
AGENDA SECTION:
partment Head Reports
PREPARED BY:
Gary D Kalstabakken, Chief of
A AG
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ATTACHMENTS:
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PPROVED BY:
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Presentation of Spirit of Rosemount Awards
ACTION:
SUMMARY
On January 15, 2005, three women exemplified the Spirit of Rosemount and the City Council
is being asked tonight to recognize their life- saving actions
On January 15, 2005, at about 1.45 p m Mr Lyndon Cowell was at the Rosemount Middle
School watching his grandson at a swim meet Mr Cowell suffered cardiac arrest while
watching the meet An announcement was made over the public address system asking if
anyone in the crowd was a first responder for first aid and, fortunately, there were three
persons present who saw Mr Cowell's plight and decided to become involved in helping him
Ms Barb Vailodash, Ms Mary Lalla and Ms Diane Shoemaker all took action to help
resuscitate Mr Cowell An automatic external defibrillator (AED), which had only recently
been placed in all District #196 Schools, was retrieved from a hallway by Ms Vailodash Ms
Lalla and Ms Shoemaker had gone to the aid of Mr Cowell and began CPR They also used
the AED on Mr Cowell and were successful in reviving him
By the time the police officers and fire fighters arrived on the scene, Mr Cowell had begun
breathing on his own Because of the quick actions taken by the three women to resuscitate
him, the officers and fire fighters only lob was to wait for the ambulance to arrive
The unselfish actions of Barb Vailodash, Mary Lalla and Diane Shoemaker were heroic and
truly life- saving They should be proud of their actions and are certainly worthy of recognition
with the Spirit of Rosemount Award