KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knox County Criminal Court employee is being recognized for her quick thinking and “heroic actions” after she provided life-saving care to a man who suddenly collapsed at a job center earlier this month, a county spokesperson said.
According to a release from Knox County Government, Emily Ellis was at the American Job Center on Middlebrook Pike on April 9. As she was speaking with a man about driver’s license reinstatement, he suddenly collapsed.
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The county explained that Ellis and an American Job Center employee assessed the situation and checked to see if the man had a pulse, but they weren’t able to find one. They then began administering CPR as the man began to turn blue, Knox County Government said.
First responders with the fire department determined that the man had experienced an overdose and administered naloxone. The man was then taken from the scene by an ambulance. Knox County Government said he is recovering…