Dr. Darren Bean spent time teaching cardiocerebral resuscitation to Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and members of the Madison City Council and Madison Rotary Club over the past six weeks.
Bean, along with nurse Mark Coyne and pilot Steve Lipperer, died in a Med Flight helicopter crash near La Crosse Saturday night, and Cieslewicz said he became acquainted with Bean and his work over the past year.
“All three of the men dying is, of course, a terrible tragedy,” Cieslewicz said. “I only knew Dr. Bean so I can only speak directly of him.”
Bean, a member of the UW Hospital staff since 2002, began a position as the Madison Fire Department’s medical director in 2007. He was a huge advocate of the CCR method, a new protocol being used by Madison firefighters and other responders.