Senior Airman Jason Perri; saving the world one person at a time
Former3cO sends us a link to the story of Senior Airman Jason Perri who was on his way to work one day when he came across an automobile accident and a body laying on the ground. His Air Force training took over;
Perri took a breath, collected himself and sprang into action. First, he called his flight chief to notify him of the situation and then he asked the women if they called emergency services — they did.
Perri then walked down to assess the injured’s condition and noticed the individual lost a large amount of blood, was unresponsive and suffered a major head injury. Perri knew what he had to do.
“Everything I did was what the Air Force taught me,” said the Airmen who thought he would never have to use CPR.
He proceeded to ask one of the girls if they had a towel – they handed him one. Perri then angled the towel so it would be in the ‘looking up’ position creating a clear passage for air. Once the passage was clear, he began to perform CPR in intervals of 10. The paramedics arrived and told him to just keep going and don’t stop.
The victim of the accident did stabilize for a few days, but then gave up the ghost, but not as the result of this airman’s valiant efforts to save him.
“I hope others will learn from situations like this and not take any training for granted,” he added of the event. “I wouldn’t have known what to do without the training the Air Force supplied me with.”
Category: Real Soldiers
Well done, SrA Perri – you and your service can be justly proud of your actions. Keep up the good work.
Something I have always said, Our Military Men and Women not only defend us from those who would do us harm. They also help us in any crisis that us civilians manage to screw up.