A medical emergency is the last thing most people want to think about, but for paramedic Alexis Lombard, the stakes are clear. “Every minute that someone is down from a cardiac arrest and there is no action taken, their survival rate decreases by 10 percent,” said North Memorial Health paramedic Alexis Lombard. Lombard has worked in the emergency medical services industry since 2020. She said she still vividly remembers her first day on the job. “As I drove to it,…
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