Firefighters Honored for Saving Shelby Woman's Life After Heart Attack in Pool
"All too often in our careers we face sad situations," says firefighter who helped save Shelby Township resident Marilynn Niemiec in December 2012. Not this time.
The last thing Marilyn Niemiec remembers from the morning of Dec. 14 is the pool. But, luckily, the Shelby Township woman has a crew of new, lifelong friends — all firefighters and paramedics from the Rochester Fire Department — to help fill in the rest of the details of the day. Niemiec, 76, was swimming at the Older Persons' Commission in Rochester when her heart stopped beating. She was in cardiac arrest: her blood pressure dropped; she stopped breathing. The OPC staff started CPR and called 911 for help. The Fire Department responded to the call at 7:45 a.m. and immediately began a series of life-saving events. "We shocked our patient eight times and on the eighth time, we were successful," said Fire Chief John Cieslik. "Within 24 …
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