Denver Health Foundation Paramedics Awards Celebration Videos
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The Denver Health Foundation hosted the fourth annual Paramedics Awards Celebration on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at the Denver Center for Performing Arts’ Seawell Ballroom. More than 200 people attended to recognize and celebrate every member of the Denver Health Paramedic Division for their heroic work.
The Spirit of Philanthropy Award went to The Anschutz Foundation for its longstanding commitment to Denver Health, including a recent $300,000 challenge grant to cover the cost of a new ambulance. Denver Health will add four new ambulances to the Paramedics’ fleet this year, and thanks to community support matching The Anschutz Foundation’s generosity, two of these four ambulances will be made possible by philanthropy.
The Legion of Merit Award was presented to Denver Police Department Officer Bobi Limon and Corporal Brandon Reyes—both of whom applied lifesaving tourniquets to patients with critical injuries prior to Denver Health Paramedics arriving on those scenes.
The Medal of Honor was awarded to Paramedic Field Training Officers Jesse Wright and Justin Bell for their swift actions in treating and transporting a critically wounded police officer to the hospital after Corporal Reyes applied a tourniquet to his gunshot wound—with an armed suspect still on the loose in the vicinity.
The Distinguished Service Cross was presented to Paramedic Field Training Officer Julia Drahn and Paramedic Laura Gehm for intervening on behalf of a patient they believed to be a victim of human trafficking. This award was highlighted in a Denver7 news story that also featured the human trafficking training provided to Denver Health employees by Denver Health SANE Nurse Michelle Metz.
The Medal of Valor was awarded to Paramedic Matthew Ludtke for his courageous, heroic actions in saving the life of a teenager who was threatening to jump from atop a multistory parking structure.
