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Bay Village honors paramedics whose rapid action helped save stroke patient
Summary
An emergency physician from Cleveland Clinic described a March 18 case in which Bay Village EMS recognized stroke signs prehospital, enabling clot‑busting medication and a thrombectomy; paramedics Lieutenant Jeff Bidmark and firefighter Chris Becker were presented certificates.
Bay Village on Monday recognized city paramedics for a rapid prehospital response that Cleveland Clinic staff credited with saving a resident's life.
Dr. Andrew Dennis, an emergency physician at Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital, told council members about a March 18 case in which Bay Village EMS identified stroke symptoms before transport and activated a prehospital stroke alert. The early notice allowed hospital staff to…
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