Two Barry County deputies recognized for saving man’s life
Pictured above, Barry County Sheriff Mick Epperly (center) awards Deputy Michael Moore (left) and Deputy Scott Salkill (right) with letters of commendation for saving a man’s life in January.
February 11, 2015
Charlea Mills
Two Barry County Sheriff’s deputies were awarded letters of commendation this week for saving a man’s life in January.
Sheriff Mick Epperly and Corporal Kerry Headrick gave the letters in recognition of what Epperly described as “going above and beyond the call of duty.” On January 27, around 2:33 a.m. Moore and Salkill responded to a call from Barry County dispatch that a man was not breathing. It was determined later that the man had tried to take his own life by overdosing on medications.
When they arrived, the man was on the floor, unconscious and not breathing. Deputy Moore said, “When we were on our way, we knew that he wasn’t conscious. I checked, and he wasn’t breathing and there wasn’t a pulse, so Scott started CPR, and I moved furniture out of the way.” It was the life-saving efforts of the deputies that brought the man back to life. The EMT, Kael Eden, who responded to the call after the Sheriff’s Department arrived, said that they would not have been able to save the man had it not been for the quick actions of Moore and Salkill.
Epperly stated, “They never know what the calls are going to be when they go on the clock. It could be something like this, where a man tried to take his own life, or it could be as simple as someone worried about their lost dog. They have to be ready for any of those.”
When asked if they felt that they went above the call of duty as Epperly claimed, Salkill stated, “No, I don’t think so. It was just part of my job. I’d do it for anybody.” Moore agreed with him.
Salkill continued, “We try to mentally prepare ourselves before we go on any call.” In this case, that preparation paid off and they managed to revive the man until the EMTs arrived.
Epperly went on, “I’m proud to have men who are doing what they’re doing every day for me. They arrived before EMS, so they had to go to work, and that’s exactly what they did. Because of that, a man’s life was saved.”
In Moore’s letter of commendation, it stated, “You alternated CPR with Deputy Salkill and your and Deputy Salkill’s quick and decisive actions directly resulted in the return of the man’s pulse and breathing, essentially bringing him back from death to life.”
Deputy Salkill has been with the Sheriff’s Department for three years. Deputy Michael Moore has been with the department for nine years.
Charlea Mills
Two Barry County Sheriff’s deputies were awarded letters of commendation this week for saving a man’s life in January.
Sheriff Mick Epperly and Corporal Kerry Headrick gave the letters in recognition of what Epperly described as “going above and beyond the call of duty.” On January 27, around 2:33 a.m. Moore and Salkill responded to a call from Barry County dispatch that a man was not breathing. It was determined later that the man had tried to take his own life by overdosing on medications.
When they arrived, the man was on the floor, unconscious and not breathing. Deputy Moore said, “When we were on our way, we knew that he wasn’t conscious. I checked, and he wasn’t breathing and there wasn’t a pulse, so Scott started CPR, and I moved furniture out of the way.” It was the life-saving efforts of the deputies that brought the man back to life. The EMT, Kael Eden, who responded to the call after the Sheriff’s Department arrived, said that they would not have been able to save the man had it not been for the quick actions of Moore and Salkill.
Epperly stated, “They never know what the calls are going to be when they go on the clock. It could be something like this, where a man tried to take his own life, or it could be as simple as someone worried about their lost dog. They have to be ready for any of those.”
When asked if they felt that they went above the call of duty as Epperly claimed, Salkill stated, “No, I don’t think so. It was just part of my job. I’d do it for anybody.” Moore agreed with him.
Salkill continued, “We try to mentally prepare ourselves before we go on any call.” In this case, that preparation paid off and they managed to revive the man until the EMTs arrived.
Epperly went on, “I’m proud to have men who are doing what they’re doing every day for me. They arrived before EMS, so they had to go to work, and that’s exactly what they did. Because of that, a man’s life was saved.”
In Moore’s letter of commendation, it stated, “You alternated CPR with Deputy Salkill and your and Deputy Salkill’s quick and decisive actions directly resulted in the return of the man’s pulse and breathing, essentially bringing him back from death to life.”
Deputy Salkill has been with the Sheriff’s Department for three years. Deputy Michael Moore has been with the department for nine years.
