FAIRMONT — “If it wasn’t for those officers, I wouldn’t be here,” Patti Usary-Satterfield said about White Hall Police Chief Geno Guerrieri and Marion County sheriff’s deputy Dave Forsyth. On Sept. 29, 2015, Guerrieri and Forsyth performed CPR on Satterfield for about 10 minutes after she collapsed while at work. Satterfield, a Colfax resident who works at a White Hall chiropractic office, said while working on that Tuesday, she didn’t feel well right before collapsing to the floor. Thankfully, her boss was in the office at the time of the incident. “He doesn’t work on Tuesdays” Satterfield said, “He had just happened to have come in to check on things.” After calling 911, the chiropractor tried to help the victim until Chief Guerrieri arrived. “On that particular day, I had just passed the chiropractor’s when I heard the call come over the radio for a cardiac arrest at the office,” the chief said later. Being a law enforcement officer, Chief Guerrieri didn’t have to respond to the medical call but decided to see if his help was needed. “I just had a gut feeling,” he said. “So I turned around and went into the chiropractor’s office.” When he got into the office, Chief Guerrieri began CPR. But with CPR being a stressful and exhausting task, the chief called for more assistance. That’s when Deputy Forsyth responded to the scene. “I was just about to stop for lunch but figured I was one of the closed people there,” Deputy Forsyth said. Once Deputy Forsyth arrived he took over performing CPR, switching in and out with Chief Guerrieri. The two men did CPR for about 10 minutes until the Marion County Rescue Squad arrived on scene and took over from there. The paramedics and EMTs transported Satterfield to the hospital. Through the efforts of the law enforcement officers, the victim lived through the medical issue and was able to return home after a stay at the hospital. For Chief Guerrieri, that was the first time he had to perform CPR on a person. “It’s very stressful because you have all kinds of thoughts running through your mind,” he said. “But we helped save her life.” With CPR, the person performing the technique must have good endurance because they cannot stop CPR once it’s started. Deputy Forsyth said although this isn’t the first time he’s performed CPR on a person, it’s the first time a positive outcome resulted in the efforts. “I think that any officer would do what we did in that situation,” Deputy Forsyth said. Even though they are law enforcement officers, Deputy Forsyth said first responders as a whole are doing the same job — helping the public. The victim said she will forever be grateful for the actions of Guerrieri and Forsyth. “I’m so thankful to these guys that they went above and beyond,” Satterfield said. “It takes a special person to do the job that they do every day.”