MSgt Mark Soulier Performs CPR; Aids Stricken Golfer
Story by SGT Charles Ames - Posted Mar, 2002
Once a month, Master Sergeant Mark Soulier is a team chief for the 215th Engineering Installation Squadron headquartered at Paine Field, Everett, WA, but most of the time he’s an IBM Field Manager. Recently, MSgt Soulier was in San Jose, CA, for a management meeting. He went to meet some of his associates after-hours at a nearby golf course. As he entered the clubhouse, he noted a small group of folks gathered around an elderly man who appeared to have collapsed.
MSgt Soulier is a certified EMT for the Washington Air National Guard, and has even traveled around Europe training other Red Cross instructors. He asked if anyone had called 911, but no one had.
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As he directed someone to call 911, he began to gather information on the circumstances and the victim’s vitals. He was told that the man had been standing in line when he collapsed. He was not breathing and had no pulse.
By this time the EMTs were on the way, but were still 20 minutes out. He realized he would have to be the one to act. He started CPR and one of the crowd held a phone to his ear while the EMT dispatcher relayed his actions to the inbound rescue squad.
When the EMTs arrived, they had Soulier continue resuscitation while they hooked up monitors and other equipment. When they took over, they attempted to shock the victim’s heart into rhythm, but determined that the man had suffered a ruptured heart valve. Unfortunately he was beyond saving. The EMTs stated that even if this man had lapsed on an operating table, he might not have been saved.
For his heroic actions, MSgt Soulier received the Guardsman Medal.
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