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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Demonstrating exceptional skill and quick thinking, |
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a number of first responders and family members worked together to |
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render lifesaving aid to Wayne Pullen, a retired member of the Texas |
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Highway Patrol, on December 19, 2022; and |
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WHEREAS, On that evening, Captain Pullen was visiting with |
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his daughter, Cyndi Patterson, and son-in-law, Tom Patterson, at |
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their home in Lumberton, when he experienced a sudden cardiac |
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arrest; Mr. Patterson began performing CPR while Ms. Patterson |
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called 9-1-1 and then contacted Greg Smith, a nurse practitioner |
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who was not far from the family home; around this time, the |
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Pattersons' son-in-law Jake Droddy arrived on the scene and |
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assisted Mr. Patterson with CPR; and |
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WHEREAS, Greg Smith and Fire Chief Jeffrey McNeel of |
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Lumberton Fire & EMS soon took over from Mr. Patterson and |
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Mr. Droddy and continued performing CPR on Captain Pullen; the two |
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men determined that the victim, whose pulse could not be detected, |
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needed to be resuscitated with the automated external defibrillator |
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that Chief McNeel had brought to the scene; he continued |
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compressions while Captain Dakota Collier established an airway, |
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and firefighter Jessica Garza quickly applied the AED; working |
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together, they restored Captain Pullen's heartbeat; and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Pullen was treated at hospitals in Beaumont |
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and Houston, where he is continuing to make remarkable strides |
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toward being fully rehabilitated; his doctors credited his survival |
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to the swift actions taken by the five people who intervened to save |
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his life before emergency medical help arrived; these individuals |
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are notably all first responders by profession, as Cyndi Patterson |
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is a retired dispatcher with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office, |
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Tom Patterson and Jake Droddy are both deputies with the Jefferson |
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County Sheriff's Office, and Greg Smith is a deputy with the Hardin |
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County Precinct 5 Constable's Office; and |
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WHEREAS, By applying their training in a time of crisis, |
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these seven individuals acted quickly and decisively to provide |
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vital assistance, and in so doing, they helped to avert what could |
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have been a terrible tragedy; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Cyndi Patterson, Tom Patterson, Jake |
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Droddy, Greg Smith, Jeffrey McNeel, Dakota Collier, and Jessica |
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Garza for their outstanding efforts during a medical emergency and |
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extend to them sincere best wishes for the future. |