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Fire capt. part of mid-air miracle Noel Stack Managing Editor
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flight to Maui turned anything but relaxing when Auburn resident Karen Allen suffered a heart attack aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight 59 in January. Though she was flying with strangers at 35,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, Allen had new friends in the making on her side — four medical professionals on the flight to paradise, including El Dorado Hills Fire Capt. Dan Nelson. “The loudspeaker came on with the flight attendant asking if there was a doctor, nurse or any medical personnel on board,” Nelson told Village Life. “As I turned to look behind me a flight attendant was rushing forward. I told her I was a paramedic and asked if I could help. She said, ‘I need you now.’’’ Allen collapsed near the bathrooms at about the middle of the plane. As Nelson approached, he introduced himself to vascular surgeon Dr. Aaron Baker crouched down beside the victim. Joining them were Daryl Braga, an Emergency Department RN at Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe and Roseville anesthesiologist Dr. Brandon Winchester. “(Baker) wasn’t sure if he could
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EDH Fire Capt. Dan Nelson, Roseville anesthesiologist Dr. Brandon Winchester, lucky patient Karen Allen and Kaiser Permanente Dr. Aaron Baker, left to right, as well as Barton RN Daryl Braga via Zoom, celebrate Allen’s recovery from her in-flight heart attack. feel a pulse. I opened her airway because she was only breathing about six times per minute. I also felt for a pulse and couldn’t detect one,” Nelson recalled.
“Dr. Baker began CPR and I asked the flight attendant for a defibrillator. She handed me an
With the death toll in Turkey rising to more than 44,000 since the Feb. 6 earthquakes, the Turkish community in El Dorado Hills has leapt into action. Cigdem Askin, a teacher associate at Silva Valley Elementary who was born and raised in Turkey and immigrated to the United States in 1985, belongs to Silicon Valley Turks, a group of volunteers working in Turkey and the United States to deliver goods to families. “At first we felt helpless because of how far away we live from our country,” said Askin, who has been touched by her community’s response. “The outpouring of donations was much more than I expected. Within a day and half after I shared on my social media in El Dorado Hills, we received enough donations to fill up a truck and a minivan.” Askin said families need everything — winter clothing, shoes, blankets, baby formula, diapers, wipes,
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