Pottawattamie County Deputy presented with a Life Saving Award
December 18th, 2020 by Ric Hanson
A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy was presented Friday (today) with a Life Saving Award, for his actions on September 16th. The award was presented by Sheriff’ Jeff Danker. According to the Sheriff, just before 2-a.m. Sept. 16th, Deputy Trey Carstens was dispatched to a residence where a man was in cardiac arrest. When Deputy Carstens located the subject, the victim’s spouse performing CPR.
Deputy Carstens took over CPR until the man regained a pulse. Once rescue arrived, the man was transported to a local hospital. Danker said the Sheriff’s Office was recently notified that the man was released from the hospital and that Deputy Carstens’ actions helped make that possible.