Bio: Schauer, Burt – Honored for Life Saving Heroics (Jan 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Schauer, Drummond

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Feb 1976

An ROTC Cadet at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point has received a lifesaving award for reviving a teenage last summer following a swimming accident.

The Pershing Rifles organization at the University recently conferred the award upon Cadet Burt Schauer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schauer, Abbotsford.

Schauer, a natural resources student, was serving on the staff of the Central Wisconsin Environmental Center at Sunset Lake in eastern Portage County, where he administered emergency first aid to Scott Drummond, 15, Stevens Point.

The accident occurred on August 3, 1976.

Schauer recalled that on that day, Scott had been engaging in swimming games when he experienced difficulty and needed to be pulled from the water by a lifeguard.

Several hours later, because he still had water in his lungs, he collapsed at the camp and went into shock. While medical assistance was being sought, Schauer noticed that the youth had ceased breathing and immediately began to administer mouth to mouth resuscitation. Schauer aided the youth in that manner twice before professional help arrived.