Puget Sound Fire will honor firefighter Kent Knight for his role in saving a life while off duty.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 7, Knight attended a charity basketball tournament at Tahoma High School in Maple Valley when a spectator went into cardiac arrest. Knight, along with several other firefighters who were attending the game, began performing CPR on the patient, according to a Puget Sound Fire media release. Using the school’s automatic external defibrillator, the off-duty rescuers administered a shock to the patient’s heart while continuing to perform CPR.<\/p>\n
Shortly after that, firefighters from the Maple Valley Fire Department and King County paramedics arrived and took over the patient’s care. The patient was transported to a local hospital and has since been released back home.<\/p>\n
While performing CPR is a common event for on-duty firefighters, being able to help save a life when not working is rarer.<\/p>\n
The event that the off-duty firefighters were attending was for 4-month old Lola Boyer. Lola is the granddaughter of Mike Boyer, a Renton Regional Fire Authority firefighter. The 3-on-3 charity tournament helped raise money to support Lola, who has two congenital heart issues.<\/p>\n
Puget Sound Fire will honor Knight at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Fire Station 78 in Covington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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