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It Took Over an Hour, but Northwest Fire Crew Saved Woman’s Life by Performing CPR

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Amanda Burgos is getting a second chance at life thanks to a Northwest Fire crew.

On Dec. 17, Amanda was in the waiting room at an urgent care clinic when she went into cardiac arrest.

An employee there started CPR on the 62-year-old woman before Northwest Fire arrived.

Burgos says she remembers her name being called several times by paramedics, but that’s it.

A whole team from Northwest Fire Stations 34 and 39 performed CPR on Burgos for more than an hour.

Paramedic Matt Storms, Captain Eddie Croy, Paramedic Don Patch, Firefighter Brandon Marchello, Firefighter Chris Underwood and Battalion Chief Dave Resnick were able to meet Burgos in person on Monday. They told KGUN9 it’s not very often they get to be part of this kind of a success story.

“It’s hard to put words to this kind of event,” Storms said.

Burgos wanted to thank the crew in person for their life-saving efforts. She’s been doing physical therapy at Encompass Health Rehabilitation on the northwest side, and will soon be returning home to stay with family.

“I feel so thankful for this opportunity of life,” Burgos told Northwest Fire.

Northwest Fire also wants to emphasize the importance of learning CPR. They say that increases the chances of survival for a person having a medical emergency.

Article Source: https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/northwest-fire-crew-performs-cpr-on-woman-for-more-than-an-hour-saves-her-life

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Daughter Saves Mothers Life After Being Coached Through CPR by 911 Operator

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Back in March of 2017, Mary Smith took an afternoon off work to visit her daughter and 2-week-old baby grandson, Brody, at their Minneapolis suburb home.

Mary brought groceries inside for dinner and carried a mobile crib up the stairs from the car. She suddenly found herself out of breath.

She collapsed, making a thud that her daughter, Lindsey Bomgren, heard from the hallway to the nursery.

Thinking her mom fell, Bomgren called out to her. Smith didn’t respond.

Bomgren put down Brody and raced to the entryway. She grabbed her phone and called 911. She told the dispatcher her mom wasn’t breathing. Smith was in cardiac arrest.

Bomgren then asked the dispatcher a question that would change everything: Can you coach me through CPR?

Although Bomgren had refreshed her training for CPR, a lifesaving technique, nine months earlier as part of her job as a fitness instructor, now that she had to use it – and on her mom – she needed guidance and support.

The dispatcher told her to stack hand-over-hand and place them in the center of her mom’s chest. The dispatcher then repeated the words “pump, pump, pump” to maintain the rhythm needed to keep blood flowing to Smith’s organs.

“It made me feel I was not all alone,” Bomgren said. “It provided a sense of calm.”

She provided Hands-Only CPR for nearly 10 minutes until an ambulance arrived and paramedics took over.

More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year. CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival.

Paramedics administered two shocks from an automated external defibrillator to get Smith’s heart back into rhythm before transporting her to the hospital.

For the full story, visit the source: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-08-12/aha-news-daughter-makes-lifesaving-plea-to-911-coach-me-through-cpr

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13 Year Old Boy Saves Baseball Coach’s Life by Administering CPR

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A teenage baseball player from Arizona saved his coaches life by administering CPR and calling paramedics. His coach collapsed on the field, suffering a heart attack during practice drills.

Isaac Wenrich, a minor league baseball player with the Florence Freedom of Kentucky who coaches kids during the off-season, was running drills last month with eighth-grader Nathan Boyer in Chandler, Arizona.

The two were alone on the afternoon of March 28 when Wenrich, 26, collapsed.

“Nate knew to roll me over, he got my phone and called 911, he started CPR,” Wenrich told ABC News today. “I’m beyond thankful. I think the Lord brings people in your life for crazy reasons and he just happened to put Nate in mine.

“There’s not many kids out there like him.” Wenrich, who has been coaching Nathan for two years, said. “He is just such a hard worker with the most amazing personality. He is such a well-rounded 13 year old.

He added: “I wouldn’t be here today if he wasn’t in my life.”

Julie Boyer, Nathan’s mother, said, “Isaac has been a great mentor to Nathan. He moved in the middle of seventh-grade and it was a really hard transition for a kid. Anytime I felt like Nathan was down, Isaac would always give him a pep talk.”

Boyer described her son as determined, humble and hard-working. “He is not your typical 13-year-old. He does everything 110 percent,” she said of Nathan, who who was in school and unavailable to comment today.

Katy Huetter, Wenrich’s girlfriend, said, “Nathan had to do CPR for 4 minutes before the paramedics got there. They said if he didn’t do CPR, Isaac would be dead right now.”

“I never met him but now he’s part of our family.” Huetter said today, adding that Wenrich expects to play again this summer. “We want to honor this kid as much as we can; he is a hero.”

Source with video: https://abcnews.go.com/US/13-year-boy-saves-baseball-coachs-life-administering/story?id=38161374