"The way that those girls and the two teams acted was just amazing," Hamilton said. Hamilton said he was told the Kingsley players huddled up and began praying. As Roelofs was running, Brunner stopped breathing and Hamilton said they could no longer feel his pulse.Īs all of this was unfolding, the softball players were ushered off the field and taken behind the dugout.
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While Hamilton and Lyon cleared Brunner's airway and performed CPR, Roelofs sprinted to his patrol car to retrieve an AED or automated external defibrillator, which is a portable electronic device that can diagnose life-threatening cardiac situations. Hamilton witnessed Brunner fall flat on his back, and he said it was immediately clear upon reaching Brunner's side that he was suffering a medical emergency.īrunner had lost consciousness, his breathing was shallow, and he was foaming at the mouth, according to Hamilton. Roelofs, who was coaching first base, didn't see Brunner collapse, but he did hear the thud of him falling on the ground.
"Us and Matt Lyon and everybody else, it was a group effort. "It happened in front of our eyes, and luckily we've received great training throughout our career and were able to take control of the situation," Roelofs said, speaking to the Record-Eagle with Hamilton. Roelofs and Lyon are both coaches on the Kingsley softball team, and Hamilton is the father of two Kingsley softball players. Jason Roelofs and Jason Hamilton, who are both deputies with the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office, and Matt Lyon, who is a sergeant with the Michigan Department of Corrections at the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, rushed to Brunner's side and administered CPR and even had to use a portable defibrillator to shock Brunner and eventually resuscitate the 60-year-old. Jeff Brunner, who was serving as the home plate umpire, fell to the ground during the first inning of the first game of a doubleheader between Kingsley and host Benzie Central after routinely tossing the ball back to the pitcher. BENZONIA, MI-The quick actions of three off-duty law enforcement officials likely saved the life of a man who collapsed during a softball game Wednesday.
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