CASPER, Wyo. (April 29, 2026) – Tim Marshall, a retired military veteran and lifelong rancher from Greybull, Wyo., is alive today thanks to quick-thinking bystanders, dedicated paramedics and the expert care team at Banner Wyoming Medical Center.
On a Saturday evening in March, Tim and his wife of 30 years, Katherine, were enjoying dinner at a Casper restaurant with family and friends after working their booth at the Super Flea market all day. Without warning, Tim collapsed from cardiac arrest.
"Our grandbabies were there," Katherine said. "Our grandbabies watched their grandpa die."
Tim's son immediately recognized the emergency and began CPR. A retired medic dining nearby jumped in to help, joined by two nurses who also happened to be present. Together, they performed chest compressions for eight critical minutes until paramedics arrived.
"Our son did all the breathing, but the medic and nurses did all of the compressions," Katherine said. "They had to maintain that for eight minutes. Everyone was so wonderful."
The battle for Tim's life continued in the ambulance, where paramedics used defibrillation paddles to revive him twice more. In the emergency room at Banner Wyoming Medical Center, he went into cardiac arrest a third time before doctors successfully stabilized him.
When Tim regained consciousness days later in the ICU, his first words to Katherine were, "I think I died."
His instinct was right.
"I said, 'Yeah, honey, you did,'" Katherine remembered. "It was two more days before he fully understood what had happened."
Throughout his recovery, the Banner Wyoming Medical Center team provided not only medical expertise but compassionate support. Katherine particularly remembers one ICU nurse.
"Not only did he take care of Cowboy, but he took care of me. I was a basketcase. He was an angel," Katherine said. Cowboy is Tim's nickname since the couple met buying ostriches more than 30 years ago.
"The care I received was nothing less than phenomenal," Tim said. "It was wonderful to see such teamwork, and everyone was genuinely concerned for my recovery."
This wasn't Tim's first cardiac emergency in Casper. Eight years ago, he suffered a heart attack and was treated at Banner Wyoming Medical Center. He also had a stroke just before Thanksgiving last year and was treated in Montana.
"You guys saved his life once eight years ago, and then again this time," Katherine said. "We're so grateful for your cardiology department. I would recommend that hospital to anyone."
On March 13, Tim returned home to Greybull with a pacemaker and defibrillator to protect his heart. By late April, his recovery was remarkable.
"He has so much more energy than he used to have," Katherine said. "He's come back from all of it. He's just as smart as he always was, maybe too smart."
Tim continues follow-up care with his cardiologist and remains grateful for the location of his emergency and the people who responded.
"If I had been anywhere else, I don't think I would've survived," Tim said. "We're so grateful that we were in Casper. We had great, loving people around us. It was a miracle. A team effort between the people at the restaurant, the ambulance crew and the ER doctors."
For Katherine, the experience reinforced the importance of community and quality emergency care.
"It was the most terrifying thing. I had nightmares for almost three weeks," she said. "But I'm better now, and I still have my wonderful husband because of all of them."
Today, Tim is back to his life, cherishing every moment with Katherine and their family.
"I'm blessed and thankful," Tim said.
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Marshalls-April 2026: Tim and Katherine Marshall of Greybull, Wyo., are grateful for the chain of care that saved Tim's life after he went into cardiac arrest multiple times in March. The retired veteran credits bystanders, paramedics and Banner Wyoming Medical Center for his survival.
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