First Responders & Civilians Honored For CPR Care That Saved Restaurant Worker
Channel: City of Columbia
Date: 24/02/2023

Staff members at Columbia’s ‘Blue Marlin’ restaurant as well as seven area first responders were recognized for the swift and efficient actions they took to save a man from sudden cardiac arrest last month.

CRFD firefighters responded to Blue Marlin on the morning of January 12, 2023 after getting reports that a kitchen worker there had been found unconscious. 

Maegan Horton, who is an executive chef at the restaurant, immediately began performing CPR after telling her colleagues to call 9-1-1. CPR efforts continued once firefighters arrived on scene and an automated external defibrillator (AED) was also used on the patient. He was rushed from the scene by Richland County EMS and has since made a full recovery.

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