{"id":6235,"date":"2024-11-22T11:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2024-11-22T11:19:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:19:03","slug":"pef-members-are-truly-everyday-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-9\/pef-members-are-truly-everyday-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF members are truly everyday heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6248 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ED-Story.jpg\" alt=\"Everyday Heroes\n\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ED-Story.jpg 450w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/ED-Story-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>November 25, 2024 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">When emergencies strike at the worksite or in the community, PEF members are often the first ones to jump in and help \u2013 some doing it literally as part of their job, others just aiding those in need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recently, nurses and staff at Hudson Correctional Facility worked together to administer Narcan and save the life of an incarcerated individual who was overdosing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThese nurses are not alone,\u201d said President Wayne Spence. \u201cAcross the state, our members step up and save lives and that deserves recognition. It isn\u2019t just clients or patients; PEF members also look out for their coworkers and for the public.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Over the summer, staff at Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) came to the aid of a coworker who was suffering a health emergency.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nurses at Buffalo Psychiatric Center were first on scene to render life-saving medical aid when some of their own were stabbed by a patient.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It isn\u2019t just medical emergencies; PEF members save lives in other ways.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A few years ago, a PEF parole officer talked down a parolee during a tense hostage standoff in western New York. PEF foresters helped knock down and contain the Napanoch Point fire in Minnewaska State Park. 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