April 24, 2006 – Alyce Donelson, Director of Health and Safety Services for the Colonial Virginia Chapter (left), presented Officer George Austin of the Kingsmill Police Force with the American Red Cross Lifesaving Team Award for the Professional Rescuer during a recent ceremony at the resort. While on patrol December 21, 2005  with Sergeant Jeff Barnes (not pictured), Austin used skills learned in Red Cross Professional Rescuer classes taught by American Red Cross instructor Mark Rath (far right), Kingsmill Director of Security and Safety, to save the life of an individual who was found unconscious. Austin was able to use CPR to resuscitate the victim while Barnes readied an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) device for use in case it was needed. The Lifesaving Team Award is the highest given by the American Red Cross to an individual or team who save or sustain a life by using skills learned in an American Red Cross Health and Safety Course. 

(As pictured from left, Alyce Donelson, Officer Dickerson, Sgt. Barnes and Mark Rath)

On November 30, 2005, Sgt Jeff Barnes and Officer Richard Dickerson of the Kingsmill Police Force responded to a call of an unconscious person on the golf course.  The officers determined that the victim showed no signs of life.   Through a combination of CPR and use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), the victim was resuscitated.  The skills learned in the American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and used by Sgt Barnes and Officer Dickerson contributed to saving the victim’s  life.

Alyce Donelson, Director of Health and Safety Services for the Colonial Virginia Chapter, presented  Sgt Barnes and Office Dickerson with  the American Red Cross Lifesaving Team Award for the Professional Rescuer, which is the highest award given by the Red Cross to an individual or team of individuals who saves or sustains life by using skills learned in an American Red Cross Health and Safety Course. 

On 8/13/06 Officer Richard Dickerson, and Public Safety Officer Jillian Smith, responded to the Eagle's Restaurant kitchen on a report of an employee choking.  When they arrived they observed the employee gagging and coughing and trying to force up the obstruction.  Unable to do so, Officer Dickerson attempted the abdominal thrusts as taught under the protocol for CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer.  When this was not successful, Jillian (a Lay Rescuer First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor as well as a CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer Instructor) instructed Richard on how to do the back blows (conscious choking victim-Lay Rescuer CPR/AED)  The back blows worked and the object was dislodged.  The employee is fine.  Great work by both Richard and Jillian.