Pinnacle Dental Group receives Life Saving Awards

Lisa Vidaurri Bowling, The Monroe News
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Pictured are Steven Scarborough, left, and Wil Stabnau, of Monroe Community Ambulance with Dr. Dawlat Hasso and Meredyth McLaughlin of Pinnacle Dental Group and Mike Keith of the Frenchtown Township Fire Department.
Pictured are Steven Scarborough, left, and Wil Stabnau, of Monroe Community Ambulance with Dr. Dawlat Hasso and Meredyth McLaughlin of Pinnacle Dental Group and Mike Keith of the Frenchtown Township Fire Department.

FRENCTHOWN TWP. – Pinnacle Dental Group dentist Dr. Dawlat Hasso and dental assistant Meredyth McLaughlin recently received Life Saving Awards from Monroe Community Ambulance.

Hasso and McLaughlin were presented the awards for their efforts to perform CPR on a patient who had become unresponsive while at the clinic until paramedics arrived and took him to ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital. He recovered at the hospital and has been discharged, a news release said.

On Aug. 7, 2023, MCA was dispatched to a 911 call at the dental office on North Macomb Street. According to the news release, they were responding to a call for a man who was unconscious and receiving CPR. Upon arrival, paramedics and Frenchtown Township Fire Department personnel found a 91-year-old man in cardiac arrest and receiving CPR from members of the staff.

Advanced life support techniques and procedures were used before transporting the patient to the hospital. As a result of their immediate life-saving actions, Hasso and McLaughlin were presented awards on Oct. 12.

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“We had finished the fillings and let the patient sit for moment. While Doc went to do an exam, I went to a different room to start X-rays on another patient,” McLaughlin said. “When Doc went back into the room to polish the fillings, I heard her saying his name trying to get his attention."

McLaughlin returned to the room and saw the patient was unconscious and they started performing CPR.

"For me, it’s just kind of another day on the job. It's instinct. We’re in the medical field. It's what we're trained do," McLaughlin said. "We had the front desk call EMS and sustained doing compressions for about 8-10 minutes before EMS got there and they took over.”

McLaughlin said it was humbling and touching when the patient's daughter came to the office to say, “Thank you.”

"We are so happy he was able to be in our care when this happened," she said.

This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Pinnacle Dental Group receives Life Saving Awards