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On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at approximately 1130PM officers from the Magee Police Department responded to an address inside the city limits to assist with a medical call. AMR had also been dispatched to the residence. When officers arrived, they encountered a male on the front porch of the residence with blood spraying profusely from his left arm. It should be noted that this was NOT caused by any foul play or assault, the gentleman had a medical port of some type in his arm that had allowed his arm to hemorrhage. Sgt. Jones with the Magee Police Department immediately reacted by applying his tourniquet to the man’s arm, stopping the flow of blood. Shortly after the tourniquet was applied, officers on scene were advised by Magee PD Dispatch that AMR was still approximately 15 minutes away. At this point, the man stopped breathing. As officers were preparing to begin CPR, the man began breathing on his own again. The decision was then made to place the man into a marked patrol car and transport him to the hospital. Officers were able to load the man into a marked patrol car and transport him to Magee General Hospital for treatment. He was stabilized at Magee General and then transferred to Forrest General where he was treated, then discharged.
Chief Crawford would like to thank Sgt. Jones, Officer Bryant, Officer Cooper, and Officer Brown for their quick thinking and actions in this situation, saving this man’s life. Chief Crawford would also like to thank Dr. Norman Miller with the Central Mississippi Trauma Region for supplying the training and tourniquets for all of our officers at no charge to the department.
Chief Crawford and the Magee Police Department send our prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery for the citizen involved in this traumatic event.
