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April 26, 2018
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ARCYBER employees perform Heimlich, honored for actions A U.S. Army Cyber Command employee, whose quick response may have saved a colleague’s life, has been honored by the Army for his actions. Randy Clark of ARCYBER’s Information Operations Division accepted the Army Safety Guardian Award at an April 11 ceremony on Fort Belvoir, for his actions in rescuing a coworker who was choking. Clark and Patrick Heil, an information operations plans officer with 1st Information Operations Command (Land) who helped during the incident, described what happened. During a temporary duty mission in the state of Washington, Clark, Heil and a third colleague, Scott Eisenbach, were having dinner at a restaurant Clark says he remembered from his time stationed in the area in the 1990s.
“I was about to put him on the floor and try to dislodge the food with my fingers, when I gave one last thrust.” Randy Clark Army Cyber
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Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, left, ARCYBER commander, presents Randy Clark the Army Safety Guardian Award for rescuing a coworker who was choking. Clark, from ArCyber Command’s Information Operations Division, received the award April 11 during a ceremony on Fort Belvoir.
Halfway through dinner, Clark saw that Eisenbach was in distress. “I looked up and saw Scott was choking on his food,” Clark wrote in an email. “At first, Patrick didn’t see it because he was also eating. I pointed it out to him and asked him to start the Heimlich (maneuver).” Heil said he stood Eisenbach up and attempted to perform the maneuver to clear his airway, but, after a dozen attempts, Eisenbach was still choking. Clark then moved Eisenbach to a more open area of the room and continued trying to administer the Heimlich. It took another two dozen thrusts before Eisenbach’s airway finally cleared. “I gave him several thrusts which, at first, didn’t seem to be working, as his face began turning colors,” Clark wrote. “I was about to put him on the floor and try to dislodge the food with my fingers, when I gave one last thrust.”
“I thought in my head over and over while this was going on that I can’t let anything happen to him... Randy Clark Army Cyber “I know it was scary for him, but I think it was just as scary for me,” Clark added. “I thought in my head over and over while this was going on that I can’t let anything happen to him, and I was not going to have to explain losing him to his wife.” Fortunately he wouldn’t have to. “As I was trying to get him to the floor, Scott raised his hands in a signal that he was beginning to get his breath back,” Clark said. “He coughed really hard a couple of times and
the food came out of his mouth. People in the restaurant that just seemed to watch while everything was going on began to clap. After Scott recovered for a few more seconds, we returned to the table and finished dinner.” Clark’s awareness and decisive action were critical in acting quickly and saving precious
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