Paramedic Josh Edwards and EMT Brooke Carmona were part of a community response that resulted in a 19-year-old surviving sudden cardiac arrest. Brooke has been an EMT with Hall Ambulance since 1999. Josh has been employed as a Paramedic since 2008.

On May 30, 2016, Josh and Brooke were dispatched to a basketball court at an apartment complex. They arrived with an engine company from the Kern County Fire Department to find CPR being performed by the patient’s friend. Josh established scene control and led the team of responders through CPR, multiple defibrillations, advanced airway management and pharmacological treatment.

Josh, Brooke and the other members of the team were able to be reunited with the patient and his family after discharge from the hospital.