8 honored with lifesaver awards

Cole County EMS paramedic Matt Walton receives his lifesaver pin from Carolyn Schepker while being recognized as the Medical Lifesaver Award recipient.
Cole County EMS paramedic Matt Walton receives his lifesaver pin from Carolyn Schepker while being recognized as the Medical Lifesaver Award recipient.

When Skylar Lewis took a CPR class at Calvary Lutheran High School, he never expected to use those skills, much less receive a Youth Lifesaver Award.

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Robert Hill

On Mother's Day weekend, Lewis used CPR skills he had just learned in January to save the life of a man at a horse show. He performed CPR on the man, who survived and was diagnosed with a faulty heart valve.

He was one of eight people honored in six categories Monday night by the American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter.