Ramapo PO - Heat Stroke

[WAS967 97]

From a friend via facebook:

P.O. Rich Dube of the Ramapo (NY) PD is in the medical ICU at Westchester

County Medical center in Liver failure. Rich suffered heat stroke at the

county SWAT tryouts on 9/2/10. His high body temp (108.5) damaged

Rich's liver. He needs a liver & is on the transplant list. Rich's

...wife Jodi is pregnant with their first child.

Thought it was worth passing on to the forums here.

[Monty 35]

Wow - 108 degrees!

A reminder that we should look out for ourselves - and for our colleagues.

I wish P.O. Dube all the best - I'm sure he's in very competent hands.

[FFFORD 27]

wow. 108.5 is nuts. He is lucky he is alive. Incidents like this happen every year to members of emergency services and we need to be aware for ourselves or others. I hope he gets his transplant

[smwells 7]

wow. 108.5 is nuts. He is lucky he is alive. Incidents like this happen every year to members of emergency services and we need to be aware for ourselves or others. I hope he gets his transplant

Yes 108.5 he is lucky, and I wish him and his the family the best for a smooth recovery.

I don't know any details of how these tryouts are conducted, but where is the supervision? I am sure someone saw the signs of heat stroke or had the responsibility of overseeing the participants to catch this before this officer collapsed.

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Very lucky to be a live after reaching 108.5!!! My thoughts and prayers are with him and his wife.

[grumpyff 1,159]

Just read on another board that a liver was found, and that he was in surgery earlier tonight. Just the first step in a long recovery, but I wish him and his family the best.

[RocklandFires 44]

Updated info via Facebook:

Just got home from the hospital with some real promising signs, bile production, blood cleaning, and clotting factors! Still a long way to go, but thank God and the donor for a big step forward!

[ny10570 745]

Just curious if they screened for living donors?

[FFFORD 27]

Just curious if they screened for living donors?

you cant live without your liver;). The only way to do a liver transplant from a living person is if they only transplant a total of 2 lobes from the living donor. In this officers case I am willing to bet he needed more than 2 lobes. at a temp of 108.5 there is severe protein denaturation in the body which can be, and is, quite extensive in very little time. I am not taking a jab at you dont get me wrong, but in these cases there is not time to wait for a "chosen" person.

[Ga-Lin 86]

P.0. R. Dube discharged from hospital today. States he eventually wants to return to work. May God keep him safe. Very few get a second chance like this. He's very, very lucky.