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Robertson County officials praise deputies, 911 and EMS after house fire; county reports first field use of hydroxycobalamin
Summary
At the May 18 Robertson County Commission meeting, EMS representatives and deputies were recognized for a May house-fire rescue. Officials said county medics administered hydroxycobalamin — a cyanide antidote the county began carrying this year — and the patient was treated at Skyline Burn and Trauma Center and expected to be discharged soon.
Brent, an EMS representative who addressed the commission during National EMS Week, described a May house fire in Robertson County in which deputies and 911 operators reached a bedridden woman and removed her from the burning house. "Let us get there," Brent said, describing the frantic 911 call and the fast coordination that followed.
Brent credited a Roberts County deputy, Allison House, and Corporal Chance Carlisle for entering the residence and moving the patient to safety. He also named 911 staffers Katie Greer, Tim Baxter, Danielle Jones, Taylor Poole and Derek Johnson for their role in directing responders. "They did a great job," Brent said.
Brent told commissioners the county had recently begun carrying hydroxycobalamin — described at the meeting as an expensive, high‑cost medication used to reverse cyanide toxicity from smoke inhalation — and that the patient was the first in the county to receive it in the field since the county began carrying the drug. He said the patient was diagnosed with a grade‑1 inhalation injury at Skyline Burn and Trauma Center, was intubated by paramedics, and that the breathing tube was removed Saturday with the patient "doing very well, very stable" and expected to return home soon.
The account highlighted the full chain of emergency response: 911 dispatch, law‑enforcement entry, and EMS advanced care. Brent said typical dispatch-to-response times in Springfield are approximately four and a half minutes, and praised the combined team for averting a worse outcome.
The commission recognized the emergency responders and handed out tokens of appreciation. Brent also urged commissioners to attend National EMS Week events organized by Northcrest/TriStar Hospital, including an ax‑throwing competition and a Friday morning breakfast for EMS staff.
The meeting record does not provide precise patient identifiers and does not attribute clinical outcomes beyond the timeline Brent described. The commission did not take formal action on EMS policy or procurement at the meeting; the comments were presented as recognition and a report of the incident.
