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Bay Village EMS credited for rapid response that helped patient recover from major stroke
Summary
City leaders recognized Bay Village paramedics after Cleveland Clinic physicians described a March 18 response that allowed immediate hospital stroke treatment; paramedics, clinic staff and firefighters received certificates at the May 5 committee meeting.
Bay Village officials on May 5 publicly recognized local EMS personnel whose prehospital actions on March 18 helped a woman survive a major stroke and leave the hospital with only mild symptoms. Andrew Dennis, an emergency physician at Cleveland Clinic, told the council the patient arrived after paramedics “activated a prehospital stroke alert” and had an initial score of 21 on the NIH Stroke Scale, a level he described as “extreme.”
Dennis said the emergency team’s early alert let hospital staff prepare so clinicians could deliver clot-busting medication and perform a mechanical thrombectomy “without delay.” He told the council that as of the hospital’s update the patient’s NIH Stroke Scale is 1 and that “she’s alive, she’s independent, doing incredibly well.”
The council presented certificates to Lieutenant Jeff Bidmark and firefighter Chris Becker and recognized firefighter Eric Leitner, who had been on medical leave and could not attend. Mayor and council members described the outcome as “remarkable” and asked the community to join them in thanking the crew.
The recognition took place during the committee meeting portion of the May 5 Bay Village City Council session; no formal action was required to acknowledge the personnel.
The hospital’s description of care and the council’s recognition were presented by Dennis and city officials during the public portion of the meeting. The council did not take any additional policy or budget actions tied to the case at that time.
The council scheduled no follow-up decisions related to the case; the presentation served as an official public acknowledgment of the lifesaving work by EMS and emergency clinicians.
