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Ogden honors bystanders and responders after on‑court cardiac arrest; officials urge CPR registration and AED access
Summary
Council and emergency responders recognized the bystanders and first responders who resuscitated a man during a November pickup basketball game; officials promoted the PulsePoint/CPR app and urged broader AED placement in public locations.
Ogden City and Ogden Regional Medical Center on Feb. 4 publicly recognized community members, firefighters and hospital staff credited with saving the life of Jeff Wilson after a near‑fatal cardiac arrest during a November pick‑up basketball game.
Ogden Fire Chief Matthew (last name not specified in the presentation) described how bystanders began CPR, located an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and followed dispatcher instructions while fire and EMS personnel responded. “The AED analyzed his heart rhythm. He was in ventricular fibrillation,” Chief Matthew said. He added that Wilson was “clinically dead” before the AED restored a shockable rhythm and responders transported him to the hospital, where interventional cardiology teams treated a near‑total coronary blockage.
Jeff Wilson, the patient, addressed the council and credited bystanders, first responders and hospital staff for his survival. “I don't think it's luck. I'm blessed,” Wilson said. He encouraged broader AED access in public spaces and community CPR training, and described participation in cardiac rehabilitation since the event.
Representatives from Ogden Regional Medical Center (including an emergency‑department director and operations staff) presented Lifesave Awards and challenge coins to the bystanders and responders. Hospital representatives said the local system of bystander action, rapid dispatch and coordinated hospital care had yielded a strong survivability outcome.
Chief Matthew and hospital staff promoted an existing CPR volunteer notification app (PulsePoint or a similar local program), which the city and partners have funded; the app notifies validated CPR‑trained volunteers within a short radius of a cardiac arrest call so they can begin bystander CPR before EMS arrival. The chief also urged the continued placement of AEDs in public gathering places and noted the benefit of AEDs in police and other first‑responder vehicles.
No formal council action was required; the segment was recognition and public information on CPR and AED programs.
