Lebanon, Tenn.–Brinnen Murray, Fred Vanderpool, Jonathan Arnold, Kelvin McPeake, Nikolas McPeake, and Thurmon Garrison of the Baptist Carroll County Priority EMS were honored last night at the 16th Annual “Star of Life” Awards Dinner and Celebration, held at the Farm Bureau Exposition Center in Lebanon.
This event honors the accomplishments of EMS personnel across the state who provide exemplary lifesaving care to adult and pediatric patients.
Baptist Priority EMS received the Region 7 “Star of Life” award for their collective commitment to excellence, along with Carroll County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatchers and deputies, members of the Carroll County Rescue Squad, and Vanderbilt Lifeflight. Thank you for your exceptional front-line care!
The Carroll County Rescue Squad posted the following on its Facebook page:
It was almost 1 am on December the 10th 2023 when a vehicle ran off the roadway and was involved in a single vehicle multiple victim collision. The Carroll County Sheriffs Department, the Carroll County Rescue Squad, and Priority EMS was dispatched to the scene. Once on scene the discovered 6 female passengers in and around the vehicle, some of which required extensive extrication. Three officers and six EMS personnel had to triage and determine the appropriate destination and treatment of these young women. The EMS crews decided to rendezvous with Vanderbilt Life Flight at the local hospital to initiate the transport of several patients to Nashville. Vanderbilt Life Flight 8 of Humboldt responded and met with 2 of the EMS Crews in the hospital parking lot. Initially intended to transport 2 patients the crew had to emergently intervein on one patient who was hypothermic and combative following a prolonged extrication. The patient had extensive head and facial trauma including a head bleed. The various teams worked together to secure the patient and get her intubated. She was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she underwent multiple surgeries and treatment for head bleed for facial fractures where she was discharged nine days later.
Carroll County 911 Dispatch- Jamie Summers, Amanda Morgan
Carroll County Sheriffs Department- Michael Smith, Chance Townes, Sean Bongiovanni
Carroll County Rescue Squad- Tim Bennett, James Brotherton, Brian McCaslin, Curt Taylor, Tim Walton
Priority EMS- Brinnen Murray, Fred Vanderpool, Jonathan Arnold, Kelvin Mc Peake, Nikolas McPeake, Thurmon Garrison
Vanderbilt Life Flight 8- Mark Dittrich, Lyle Holmes, Chad Hollingsworth.
Carroll County Rescue Squad photo.