The Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia honored Herbert Denton and Joshua Stalvey as hospital heroes at the July board of directors' meeting. Denton is a field training officer paramedic and Stalvey is an advanced EMT with SGMC’s Emergency Medical Services.
 
The gentlemen were honored for their role in saving a patient’s life through interventional treatment en route to the hospital. Denton and Stalvey used their advanced training to administer a cardioversion to restore the patient’s heart, which was beating irregularly or too fast, to a regular rhythm. They also started a cardizem drip, required by patients experiencing life-threatening cardiac conditions, and intubated the patient, an emergency procedure often performed on patients who can’t breathe on their own.
 
“This patient would not be here today without the interventions of these medical professionals,” said Shelia Warren, RN and Patient Care Coordinator on 4 West. “They are crucial to the overall continuum of care for our community and deserve this recognition.”