914th Airlift Wing
6/23/2014 - NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. -- Quick reaction and ingenuity by an Air Force Reserve emergency medical technician who witnessed a multiple vehicle accident helped save a life.
Joseph Allen, a Department of Defense civilian employee with the Niagara Falls ARS Fire Emergency Services and a senior airman in the 914th Airlift Wing, put his life-saving skills to work after a collision involving a dump truck and passenger car.
The dump truck came to rest on its side, entangled in electrical wires, while the car suffered crushing front end and driver-side damage. Allen observed a woman trapped in the car's driver side bleeding profusely from a severe laceration and possible compound fracture to her arm. Without hesitation, his EMT/military training enabled him to improvise a tourniquet out of a T-shirt and combination screwdriver/scraper.
The victim was extricated from the vehicle and flown by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical-Trauma Center in Buffalo.
Allen's instinctive reactions allowed him to quickly assess the victim and initiate emergency care. These techniques proved to be life-saving interventions, due to the severity of the victim's injuries.
Allen was recognized for his efforts by Col. Steven Parker, 914th Airlift Wing commander, who presented him with a commander's coin in front of his peers and local media.
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