Emergency Medical Services

Officer Seth Bass
Sedro-Woolley Police Department

In September 2024, Officer Bass responded to a call for service involving an individual who had sustained a serious life-threatening traumatic injury. Officer Bass not only serves the citizens of Sedro-Woolley as a Police Officer and SWAT Operator but also serves the citizens of Whatcom County as a Volunteer Firefighter and EMT. Upon arrival, Officers worked to secure the scene. Officer Bass used his training and experience to assess the patient and render critical aid, which led directly to the victim’s survival. Officer Bass turned over care to arriving Firefighter EMTs from Skagit County Fire District #8 followed by Paramedics from Aero Skagit.

Gabriel Cruz, Citizen
Lucas Rodio, Citizen
Kenzie Romero, Skagit 9-1-1

On May 11, 2023 after experiencing a medical emergency, Gabriel and Lucas pulled a friend out of Whistle Lake when they determined he was not breathing and did not have a pulse. They started CPR, and  contacted Skagit 911 the local public safety answer point for Skagit County. Telecommunicator and Emergency Medical Dispatcher Kenzie Romero provided additional pre-arrival instructions while awaiting the arrival of first responders from the Anacortes Police and Fire Departments.

Katelynn Mathias
Sabrinna Frank
Elizabeth Hillaire
Jerry Gardner
Ryan Tesarik
Shannon Moore
Angela Ochs
Jobina Moran
Pat Huggins
Rogene Seidel
Gavin Grant
Vicki Royal
Laurie Fellers
Sedro-Woolley High School Students and Staff

On February 4, 2020, a teacher at Sedro-Woolley High School collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest. Students and staff worked together to facilitate calling 911, activating the schools “code blue” response team, performing CPR, and using an automated external defibrillator (AED). One shock was delivered from the AED resulting in return of spontaneous circulation and the teacher was transported to the hospital by EMTs and Paramedics from the Sedro-Woolley Fire Department.

Gary Ladd
Richard Shrauner
Dalton Mitchell
Bryce Mazza
Ryan Hiller
Andrew Lester
Skagit County Fire District #13 Firefighter / EMTs

On the evening of September 27, 2015, Fire District #13 personnel responded to a CPR call. Upon their arrival the first responders found fellow FD#13 EMT Gary Ladd providing CPR to the patient – his wife Lucinda. Gary and the rest of the FD#13 volunteers continued CPR and shocked Lucinda a total of three times with an AED, after which she had a return of spontaneous circulation, and was transported to Skagit Valley Hospital by paramedics from Anacortes Fire Department. 

Brian Jackson
Joshua Murdock
Bev Riesland
Terry Ringhouse
Skagit County Fire District #16 – Day Creek

On September 6, 2015 Donna Pulver thought her husband Mike might be having a heart attack.  She called 9-1-1 and when the volunteer firefighters and EMTs from Fire District #16 arrived Mike was conscious and in severe pain. Shortly thereafter Mike became unconscious and unresponsive. FD#16’s crew immediately initiated CPR and applied an AED, delivering a shock which restarted Mike’s heart.  Paramedics arrived soon after and transported Mike to hospital.  

Award presentation video

On October 25, 2014 while participating in a half-marathon in Vancouver, British Columbia Kellan came upon a runner in his mid-thirties who had collapsed and gone into cardiac arrest. Kellan, along with two other bystanders, immediately began providing CPR. The patient was successfully revived and transported to the hospital.