Defibrillator (and paramedic) saves life :read below

FYI: I have been before Judge Katz many times. Good Man.....

While it is never fortunate to have a heart attack, it is fortunate that he had his heart attack where a defibrillator (and a paramedic) were with him.

G-d forbid we ever have an event at FHC that requires a defibrillator (and a top notch first aid kit) at least we will have them (in the very near future.) Shalom. Jeremy

Read below:


Bronx clerk moonlights as paramedic, may have saved judge's life
August 1, 2006, 8:56 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) _ A state Supreme Court clerk who moonlights as a paramedic may have saved the life of a judge who had a heart attack in chambers Tuesday. Bronx Judge Bertram Katz, 76, slumped over in his chair midmorning and started turning blue. Court employees called John McConnell, a paramedic with the Fire Department of New York for 14 years, who started CPR.

"He had a pulse, but it was very weak and rapid," McConnell said. "When I checked him again he had lost his pulse." McConnell moved Katz from the chair to a couch, ripped open his shirt and used the court's defibrillator. Katz, who never regained consciousness, was taken by ambulance to Lincoln Hospital, where he was in critical condition. Fire department officials said McConnell, who has worked for the court for eight years, saved Katz's life. Court spokesman David Bookstaver said most employees know of McConnell's night job. "We're lucky to have a good clerk who is also a really good paramedic," he said. "It's just really fortunate for us, especially in situations like this." McConnell was humble about the incident. When asked what he did after Katz was taken away, he said: "I just went back to work." Katz retired as a Bronx Supreme Court judge in May and was working as a judicial hearing officer.