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August 1, 2018

Highly skilled SRMC security guard protects and saves - Featured in Vero News

Hospital security guards are often described in online ads as “someone who does not provide treatment to patients, but is a very visible hospital employee, often greeting patients when they enter the facility. Their main duty is to protect people, property and information as well as the hospital’s reputation.”

Sebastian River Medical Center security guard Matt Ferraro more than lives up to that description, especially the part about protecting people.

In the span of less than a month, Ferraro hopped onto a moving truck to prevent a medically impaired driver from running over two nurses in the parking lot and, a few weeks later, leapt into action in a hospital break room to prevent an emergency room nurse from choking to death, using training he paid for out of his own pocket.

Read more about SRMC security guards in Vero News.