Team Vance technician makes life-saving call Published Jan. 18, 2007 By Frank McIntyre Public Information Vance Air Force Base, Okla. -- It takes just a little time to change an ordinary day into an extraordinary one. When quick response in that bit of time can mean the difference between life and death. Shawn Hoffman, an engineering technician with Dyncorp civil engineering was having an ordinary day on July 15. He had finished checking the progress on the contractor installing insulation on the thermal storage tank and was heading back to his vehicle when he heard someone yell. Danny Williams, with the insulation contractor Thermacon, hadn't felt well so he left the storage tank to rest by his truck. He was lying on the ground complaining of chest pains when Mr. Hoffman hear a yell for help. "Fortunately I was close to the area and had a cell phone, so I quickly called 911 for an ambulance," Mr Hoffman said. "The response was very quick, by the time I called security police to alert them of an ambulance coming to the gate, it was there." It took less than 10 minutes for the ambulance from Life Emergency Medical Services of Enid to reach the scene. Mr Williams said he was feeling better as he was loaded into the ambulance. Again, time quickly changed the circumstances of what could have been a routine trip to the hospital. "The ambulance had barely gone 100 yards before it stopped momentarily," Mr Hoffman said.The patient had gone into cardiac arrest and was being revived as the ambulance once again was underway. Reed March, a representative of Thermcon, said Mr Williams had triple bypass surgery at an Enid hospital and is today doing very well recovering at his home in Nevada, Mo. "As a matter of fact, he's already asking us when he can return to work," Mr March said. For his part in the lifesaving events, Shawn Hoffman received a Lightning Bolt award from John Cole, Dyncorp program manager.