Name: Islanders and Beaver Island EMS respond to Bill Cashman’s life-threatening emergency
Start: 2002-04-27
End: 2002-04-27
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2002-04-27
Kind: Rescue
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementhealthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May Beaver Beacon credited Jeff Powers, Larry Kubic, Alvin LaFreniere, and the Beaver Island EMS Emergency Response Team with saving Bill Cashman during a life-threatening event at Powers’ Ace Hardware. In June, Cashman described the April 27 cardiac arrest, CPR, defibrillation, emergency air transport, cardiac stent treatment, and the wider circle of Islanders who supported his recovery.

Evidence limits

The newspaper accounts are not the official EMS incident report or medical record; Cashman’s treatment details are recorded as his first-person account.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2002, “Heroes and a Heartfelt Thanks.”
Reports that Jeff Powers, Larry Kubic, Alvin LaFreniere, and the Beaver Island EMS Emergency Response Team helped save Bill Cashman after a life-threatening event at Powers’ Ace Hardware. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2002, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the thanks notice.
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Beaver Beacon, June 2002, “A Life Saved—Mine,” by Bill Cashman.
Gives Cashman’s first-person account of his April 27 cardiac arrest at Powers’ Ace Hardware, CPR and defibrillation by Islanders and EMS, emergency air transport, cardiac catheterization and stent treatment, and his thanks to the people who helped him survive. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2002, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the recovery account.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Islanders and Beaver Island EMS respond to Bill Cashman’s life-threatening emergency”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-cashman-emergency-response-thanks-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2002, “Heroes and a Heartfelt Thanks.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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