You could say that Staff Sgt. Ryan Urban is a bit of a hero. He has proven that being in the right place at the right time and remaining calm in an emergency plays a vital role in saving someone's life.
Urban was at Dillingham Airfield in North Shore preparing to go skydiving, one of his favorite pastimes.
As he was waiting his turn, he saw a crowd of people starting to gather in a nearby field followed with screams for help.
Without hesitation, Urban decided to jump into action. He quickly ran to where the crowd was gathered and began to survey the scene.
At first glance, Urban noticed that a young male had just suffered from a horrible skydiving accident and as a result, had suffered from a horrendous injury to his femur, the leg's largest bone.
Urban's lifesaving skills immediately kicked in. He began to ask questions such as name, medical history and medication allergies. Asking these types of questions proved to be valuable later on.
Urban held traction on the victim's leg for almost 45 minutes until the paramedics arrived. Once they came to the scene, it was discovered they had a splint for the victim's leg but did not have all of the proper attachments for the leg splint to properly work.
The paramedics had no idea what they were going to do to treat their patient. Once again, Staff Sgt. Urban came to the rescue. While still holding traction on the leg, Urban coached the paramedics on how to make an improvised leg splint.
Once the leg was taken care of, paramedics decided to give the patient medication for pain. They never even asked the patient what meds, if any, the patient was allergic to.
By Urban knowing what medications the patient was allergic to, he stopped the paramedics as they prepared to give the young man a medication that could've potentially cost the young man his life.
Urban knows he saved the skydiver's life but remains humble about the whole situation. He claims his lifesaving skills kicked in without him even having to think about it.
Staff Sgt. Ryan Urban is the Non-Commissioned Officer-In-Charge of the Patient Center Medical Home (PCHM) Red Team and the Basic Life Support Program Director at U.S. Army Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks, (USAHC-SB).
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