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MU) UL Me. at MMfakli a?? fetsd a |pMa h It CieaM: Arthur Kaplan Judge Arthur Kaplan at work. by Lisa Redaction I was frightened but excited the day 1 stepped into Judge Arthur Kaplan???s car. I remembered our conversation from the day before. ???Are you sure you want to go through with this???? he had asked me. I remember replying with a firm ???yes??????wondering what I was getting myself into. But now! was committed and the time was 3 p.m. on a Saturday when I met Kaplan outside of his office on Peachtree. There he was, waiting for me in his car with a white coat over his regular clothing. The inside of his car was filled with wires, radios and microphones. Each one went to a different place???the Atlanta Police Department, the De Kalb Police Department and Grady Hospital. (He explained that he can even talk directly to a physician in Grady Emergency Room via radio.) Why would a judge need a car equipped like this? Well, Judge Arthur Kaplan is a unique person. He is a judge in the Atlanta Municipal Court but in ALL his spare time??? that means every night and all weekend???he is out with police rescue units trying to help save people???s lives. And Kaplan has saved quite a few. He is the recipient of seven certificates of merit given by the American Red Cross for saving lives. He has more merit awards than anyone in the United States and each award is signed by the President of the United States. In addition, the Atlanta Police Department has made Judge Kaplan an honorary major and he has taught every policeman in the department first aid. He is part of the police rescue unit but uses his own car and all his time is voluntary. All police radios know him as "Rescue 10.??? So on this sunny Saturday afternoon, I had committed myself to spend a day with this unique man. When I got into the car, I was given chilling instructions. ???I want you to do whatever I say. If I tell you to take my car and drive it to Grady Hospital, I want you to do it. If I fell you to run, I mean run. Don???t ask any questions,??? he said. After hearing this, I realized that this was serious business. I only hoped I could find Grady Hospital in time or run feist enough. The moment I hopped into the car we got our first call???a stabbing on Martin Luther King Drive. Making sure Grady Hospital had been notified, Kaplan turned on the flashing blue light on the dashboard along with a pair in the back. He also turned on his siren as we sped down Peachtree. ???There???s been a stabbing. You better get out your camera. There???s no telling what we???re going to find. If anyone asks you any questions just tell them you???re with me,??? he said as we approached Martin Luther King Drive. There were already several police cars on the scene. They all knew Kaplan was coming and it was obvious they were relieved when he arrived. At the center of a large crowd a man was leaning against a car, bleeding badly. Blood covered the ground, his clothes, and his arm. He had been stabbed in the armpit. Kaplan immediately pulled bandages out of pockets in his white coat to stop the bleeding. Time was obviously critical as he rapidly bandaged the bleeding man. Suddenly someone yelled,???Hey, his mother got stabbed too. Help his mother.??? We turned to see an elderly lady, bleeding, but not as badly. As she fell to the ground, Kaplan quickly administered first aid. An ambulance had now arrived. I ???We need to get this man to the hospital. That wound is really deep. They need to get him to the hospital so the blood doesn???t go to his lungs,??? Kaplan said in a calm voice. And then he turned to me and said, ???Let???s get back into the car. I want to go to Grady Emergency Room. Have you ever been in an emergency room? You can???t take your camera,??? he said as we jumped back into the car. On the way to the hospital, Kaplan???s eyes were on the road. ???Have you ever seen a dead person before???? he asked. 1 replied that I hadn???t. He said nothing else as we sped along. When we arrived at Grady, the injured man was already in the emergency room. He seemed to be holding his own as doctors and nurses crowded around him. ???Doctor, am I going to be alright or what???? the injured man said. ???I don???t want to to stay in this hospital very long. I don???t want to stay overnight. Do I have to???? - One of the nurses snapped,???You???re lucky you???re alive. You could easily have bled to death.??? The man became quiet then. After Kaplan assured himself the patient was alright we walked back to his car. ???You know if that man had not received first aid he would have bled to death. He was hemorrhaging badly. If it hadn???t stopped in a few minutes, he would have definitely died. Under the armpit is one of the worse places to bleed,??? Kaplan said as he started up his car again. Of course stabbings are not the only things'Kaplan treats. He helps with first aid at traffic accidents, drownings and shootings and counsels at suicide attempts and hostage situations. During the past 20 years, he has trained thousands of people in first aid techniques. In addition to the general public, he has trained the Atlanta and DeKalb County Police Departments, the F.B.I., Secret Service agents, ambulance and hospital personnel. In October, 1975, he was credited with saving the life of a police officer by controlling a hemorrhage after the officer was stabbed with a butcher knife by a violent and deranged person, severing the brachial artery. Another time in 1975, a police officer had been shot and while under fire Kaplan risked his own life to save the officer???s life. For this he received a commendation from Governor George Busbee and former President Gerald Ford. It has been estimated Kaplan has administered first aid to over 12,000 people ???One night I was held at gunpoint for about an hour until I convinced a girl to give me her gun. I have come in contact with other disturbed people on pills who had violent tendencies. ???Another time I was faced with a person who had a butcher knife in one hand and a screwdriver in the other. We had to subdue him with the use of a powerful fire hose. No two cases are alike and you never know what you???re going to be faced with next,??? he said matter-of-factly. What happens when someone Kaplan treats dies? ???When you lose someone it takes a part of you with them especially if it???s a child. But those things happen and you just have to accept them,??? he said. Kaplan has been able to combine his career as a judge with the time spent on the streets with the police department. ???Sometimes I sentence a youthful offender in court. Part of the sentence is to go out on the streets with me so they can see all the drugs, alcohol and violence. I take Staff Photo: Lisa Redaction them to Grady and the morgue. I show them what can happen. Sometimes I take their parents also. I found this has tremendous tremendous results,??? Kaplan said. Does Kaplan???s family worry about him? How does his wife feel about a husband who is gone so much of the time? ???My wife, Frances, has gotten used to it. This is my life. She realizes there are times when we might be somewhere enjoying ourselves and I have to leave. My son found the work interesting and worked on the streets with me for four years. He is now a doctor at Piedmont Hospital. My two daughters don???t go for it much. Like my wife, they are afraid and sensitive to trauma. They don???t like to see people injured. But they all realize this is something I want to do,??? Kaplan said. During my day with Judge Kaplan nothing else came over the radio quite as serious as the stabbing but he seemed ready for anything. One moment we were called to Central City Park and the next we were looking for someone around the Piedmont Park area. He also took time out for an occasional bagel or a "nap,??? which only lasted two minutes. (Kaplan had been up til 2 a.m. the night before working with the police department.) Judge Kaplan is serious about what he is doing. Being with him for one day gives one an insight into an unusual man. One policeman put it well that day: ???Arthur Kaplan is a great man. I don???t know what we???d do without him.??? But Judge Kaplan is a humble man. ???I really don???t know what you???re going to write about,??? Kaplan said as I stepped out of his car. ???I don???t think you have a story. What are you looking for? I mean I???m not a hero or anything. 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