Life Saving Award Update:
On Thursday, June 2, 2016, at 6:00PM, Officer Jimmy Butler,
Officer Patrick Duncan and Ms. Karen Camps will receive the prestigious
Life-Saving Award presented by Chief Mitchell during the City of Canton Council
Meeting at City Hall located at 151 Elizabeth St., Canton, Ga. Mr. Justin Marion, whose life was saved, and
his family will be on hand to assist with the award presentations.
Previous Press Release: May 13, 2016
On April 26, 2016, just before 5:00 pm., Officer Jimmy
Butler and Officer Patrick Duncan were dispatched to the report of a person
down at the Crossfit Canton Gym located at 857 Hickory
Flat Highway, Canton, Ga.
Upon arrival, Officers learned that a forty-one (41) year old male by
the name of Justin Marion had collapsed during a workout and CPR was in
progress by the co-owner of the gym a Ms. Karen Camps. Officer Duncan responded into the business
with his assigned Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED) as Officer Butler
took over and began performing CPR.
Furthermore, Officer Duncan quickly prepped the unresponsive
male for AED deployment as Officer Butler maintained CPR and Ms. Camps
continued to tell Mr. Marion to breathe and to “stay with us!” Once the AED was ready, Officer Duncan
administered one (1) shock from the device which immediately through an
automated voice told Officers to continue CPR.
Officer Butler performed CPR as the AED automated voice advised to push
down harder during the procedure. At
that time, Ms. Camps stated, “That’s right, breath Justin!” The citizen slowly began to breath and open his mouth. Canton Fire Fighters arrived and took over
treatment of Mr. Marion who was transported to Northside – Cherokee Hospital
for further critical care.
We were later advised by medical personnel that Mr. Marion
had suffered a heart attack and was found to have a substantial blockage to an
artery in his heart and he would not have
survived if it weren’t for the efforts of the gym owner and our Officers
with the AED.
Chief of Police Mark J. Mitchell said, “Our Officers and Ms.
Camps were extremely calm, collected and worked as a team during this serious
life or death situation. We are very
happy that Mr. Marion is on his way to recovery. The addition of the AED to our fleet further
enhances our abilities to protect, serve and improve the Quality of Life for
our Community.”
