SHERWOOD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A Calumet County Sheriff’s deputy is honored with a plaque for saving a woman’s life.
On the afternoon of November 29, Deputy William Pearson was able to save Linda Kieso, who just got off work at Dick’s Family Foods in Sherwood.
“I parked next to a curb and put something in the backseat of the car, shut the door, turned around, tripped over the curb, and down I went. I dislocated my elbow. I didn’t really realize that it was bleeding at the time, but I could feel something warm coming from my arm.”
Pearson was there and reacted.
“I noticed a significant amount of blood loss and started thinking, ‘you know, okay what’s the cause of the blood loss what’s all going on here?’”
Thedacare’s Dr. Raymond Georgen says the tourniquet Pearson applied saved Kieso’s life.
“In Linda’s case she had a devastating fracture with a dislocation of the bone right above the elbow and that bone actually projected and tore the biggest artery going the arm in half.”
Doctors were able to save Kieso’s arm.
She hopes to return to work soon, adding that her and Pearson have become good friends.
