Paramedic dies during medical call in Mille Lacs County
While assisting with the medical call, one of the paramedics began to feel weak and dizzy and collapsed while on the scene and became unresponsive, the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office reported.
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Toby Rowan. (Submitted photo)
ISLE, Minn. Both a patient and a paramedic died Wednesday, Jan. 6, in separate occurrences during a 911 medical emergency call at a residence in Isle, Minn.
The Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office reported emergency responders were dispatched at 11:39 p.m. to a medical emergency at a residence in Isle. Deputies and emergency personnel from Mille Lacs Health System attempted life-saving measures on the patient, but were unsuccessful. The 58-year-old Isle resident was pronounced dead at the scene.
Minnesota paramedic dies on duty after responding to medical call
By Rose Semenov
Toby Rowan, a paramedic, suffered a medical incident at the scene of a call and passed away.
(Cuyuna Medical Center)
MILLE LACS COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Minnesota paramedic died on duty after he collapsed while at the scene of a medical call, according to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office.
According to officials, paramedic Toby Rowan was among the responders to a medical incident Wednesday night. Unfortunately, the patient did not survive. While still at the scene, Rowan collapsed. Deputies and other medics attempted to revive him, but he passed away.
A central Minnesota paramedic collapsed and died Wednesday night while on duty.
Toby Rowan had just finished responding to a medical call for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and was still on the scene when he collapsed, according to a statement from the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office.
Sheriff s deputies and other paramedics who had responded to the call attempted to revive Rowan, but were unsuccessful.
The patient who Rowan was trying to save also died, the sheriff s office said.
Rowan had worked for the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center (CRMC) for the past five years. His wife, Darcy, is a nurse at the hospital, which is located in Crosby.
State report states truck was traveling at a high rate of speed in the parking lot.
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ONAMIA A 72-year-old Brainerd woman was killed Thursday, Jan. 7, when she was struck by a truck leaving a convenient store in Onamia.
The Minnesota State Patrol responded to the fatal collision at 6:28 p.m. at the Super Stop off Highway 169, just north of Onamia. Troopers learned a Chevrolet Silverado was traveling at a high rate of speed in the Super Stop parking lot when it struck a pedestrian as she was leaving the store. The Mille Lacs Sheriff’s Office reported the vehicle crashed into the building after it struck the pedestrian.
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