Airmen 1st Class Jared Dumale, Tyler Ray and Michael Rivera, came to the aid of four individuals involved in an automobile accident Aug. 24.<\/p>\n
“We were on our way out toward the boulder fields near Florence, Arizona,” said Dumale, HC-130J avionics specialist. “Right before we hit the dirt road, we managed to see a truck that was overturned and a young man was waving us down with a cell phone.”<\/p>\n
The Airmen stopped at the scene without hesitation and evaluated the situation.<\/p>\n
They were all questioning what was happening until they saw one of the victims covered in so many cactus needles, they could not see his face.<\/p>\n
The three began removing cactus needles and embedded debris from the skin of each of the victims. They attributed their efforts to the Self-Aid Buddy Care they received in basic military training.<\/p>\n
“It’s amazing,” Dumale said. “You hear all these stories about how people’s training kicks in during emergency situations and you never think it’s going to be you, and when it finally happens it all becomes textbook.”<\/p>\n
The Airmen continued to administer first aid even after paramedics arrived. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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