Former Carbon County resident Paula Wilstead Clark has been recognized for service at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas after the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
Many of those injured were taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Clark is a registered nurse. She works for Guardian Air and is an Angel 6 team member. The team is from Arizona, but was in Las Vegas on Oct.1 after transporting a patient from Kingman, Ariz. to Sunrise.
Clark, along with pilot Robert Stankey and Guardian Air RN Amy Wiatrolik immediately upon hearing of the horrific event made the decision not to return to Kingman, but to stay and help with the tragedy.
As the closest trauma center to the concert site, Sunrise Hospital immediately started receiving patients that arrived by all modes of transportation. Ultimately, Sunrise would care for about 200 victims. All 23 operating rooms at Sunrise were used throughout the night and into the following day. In all, more than 80 operations would be performed.
Sunrise Hospital CEO Todd Sklamberg noted, it was “an unprecedented response to an unprecedented tragedy.”
Clark, Stankey, and Wiatrolik were presented with certificates of appreciation from Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Levinson said, “Please join us in expressing our deepest condolences to all involved, and thanking our colleagues (Guardian Air, Angel 6) for showing us what it means to better the human condition.”
Paula is the daughter of lifelong Carbon County residents Susan Wilstead and the late Jim Wilstead.
Former Carbon resident commended for service during Las Vegas massacre
Paula Wilstead Clark (right) and Amy Wiatrolik.