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May/June 2017 | The Davey Bulletin 7 Davey safety training came in handy when Shawn Bruzda and his 13-year- old daughter spotted a kayaker in trouble while walking in Kent, Ohio. Bruzda, biologist and urban forester, Davey Resource Group, wanted to show his daughter Rhiannon the electroshocking project he worked on with DRG for the Summit County Department of Sanitary Sewer A FATHER, DAUGHTER SAFETY LESSON Kasey Krouse is a lifesaver. The former Davey employee became a client when he started working as an urban forester for the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. He became a lifesaver when he used his Davey CPR training to save his father-in-law from a heart attack. "While out on a bike ride with my father-in-law and brother-in-law, he went into cardiac arrest and wrecked into an embankment," Krouse said. Krouse's father-in-law had stopped breathing and lacked a pulse. "All those years of CPR and first aid began to pay off," he said. "We were CPR TRAINING COMMENDED BY DAVEY CLIENT, FORMER EMPLOYEE DRG's Shawn Bruzda and his daughter Rhiannon went for a hike on the Portage Hike and Bike Trail in Kent, Ohio, alongside a rain-swollen Cuyahoga River. Services. The project included a portion of the Cuyahoga River in Kent. "The river had come up 5 feet from the time we were doing the electro- shocking survey," Bruzda said. This father, daughter environmental lesson quickly turned into a safety lesson when a group of Kent State University students ran up to the Bruzdas asking if they could call 911 to help a stranded kayaker. Luckily, Bruzda's Davey safety background prepared him for times of emergency. "The number one thing is to stay calm," Bruzda said. The police asked Bruzda to remain on the phone until they arrived. Bruzda kept in contact with the kayaker, who was holding on to a clump of silver maple trees in the middle of the river. "I asked him if he was okay and told him I called 911," Bruzda said. "I just had to keep yelling at him to stay where he was." Two minutes later, rescuers arrived and swiftly saved the weary paddler. Great work, Shawn! Shawn Bruzda used his Davey safety training to call 911 when a kayaker was stuck in the middle of the raging Cuyahoga River. Kasey Krouse able to call 911, and shortly after I began to administer CPR. CPR continued until first responders arrived and were able to revive his heartbeat with a defibrillator." Krouse credits Davey's safety culture and the training he received while an employee with saving his father-in- law's life. Krouse worked for Davey Resource Group for six years and received annual CPR training. Roy Montan, senior regional safety specialist, said Davey's in-house CPR training program is developed in consultation with a licensed medical practitioner. Davey's custom training mirrors that provided by the American Heart Association. Davey employees receive annual CPR refresher training as part of the program, Montan said. "They may never need it, but if they do need it, then we want those skills to be available and properly used," Montan said.

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