Officer Fudally - Life Saving Award - July 31, 2022

On July 31, 2022, around 0340 hours Officer Patrick Fudally responded to a call of a subject yelling in pain behind a residence at an unknown location. Officer Fudally arrived in the area and located a subject on the ground covered in blood. Officer Fudally found the subject had severely cut his right arm and had massive arterial hemorrhaging, after an attempt to break into a nearby residence. 

After securing the scene, without hesitation Officer Fudally applied a tourniquet to the injured subject’s arm to stop the hemorrhaging. The subject was later airlifted to Harborview Medical Center where he underwent surgery. The subject was reported to have received 500ML of whole blood in flight to Harborview and additional 10.6L (Liters) of blood product during the surgery to repair the brachial artery.

A quote from EJFR Doctor David Carlbom, “It’s clear that your team’s joint decision was one of many things that went well to set up this person to still be alive today.”
Because of Officer Fudally’s swift actions this night and efforts by other first responders, Officer Fudally was directly responsible for the saving of a human life. Therefore, Officer Fudally was presented with the Port Townsend Police Department Life Saving Award.