MOREHEAD, Ky. — Two Morehead firefighters were hospitalized after suffering separate medical emergencies while on a call.
Firefighters had been dispatched to downtown Morehead for a suspected heart attack and were administering CPR on Sept. 4 when Lieutenant Tony Cooper, one of the responders, suddenly went into cardiac arrest, WKYT reported.
Crews immediately turned their attention to Cooper, calling for a second ambulance and rushing him to UK St. Claire Hospital. Doctors placed him in a medically induced coma and admitted him to the ICU.
Soon after arriving at the hospital with Cooper, Assistant Fire Chief John Northcutt began having chest pains. Doctors found a blockage, admitted him for treatment, and say he is stable and could be released within a day or two.
