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Kinley Sanchez, a 9-month old girl, had been battling bronchitis for a few weeks. So when her breathing difficulty did not let up, her mother had had enough and got ready to take her to the hospital. That’s when Kinley suddenly stopped breathing. Says Kinely’s mother, ““She […]

Chelsea Cunningham was truly at the right place at the right time, and because of that was able to save a two-year old girl who had fallen into a septic tank. Cunningham is a Canadian native and was visiting Mesa, Arizona with her family to escape Canada’s […]

Last July, Patrick Spink of Dacula, Georgia, was enjoying a run at Rabbit Hill Park when he collapsed. Luckily for Patrick, three strangers were nearby. Those three strangers were a heart lab technician, a nurse, and a citizen trained in CPR. The trio took turns administering CPR […]

Bill Keen works as a cardiologist at Kaiser Permanente in Encinitas, California. But on Sunday, January 5th, it was the local fitness center, and not the hospital, where he performed life-saving actions on a victim of cardiac arrest. Keen was working out early Sunday morning and also […]

Two firefighters were at a West Ottawa supermarket grabbing some food for lunch when they got more than they bargained for. A man in a nearby aisle had collapsed, and  bystanders were calling on others in the store for help. The pair immediately sprang into action. The […]

JJ Pesany went into cardiac arrest after receiving an electric shock h from a portable goal post and a high voltage power line at Lancaster High School Athletic Field. Detective Keith Kerl was only 90 seconds away from the scene when he heard the emergency call over his […]

Officer Ben Crumlin was on patrol when he noticed a car behind him flashing their lights. “There’s this car flashing its lights. … I was thinking, someone pulling up to say, there’s a wreck behind me….,” he said. Instead, a man pulled up next to Crumlin and frantically […]

North Dakota State University police officer Chris Potter has seen a lot in the past 20 years. He always remembers his “firsts”, and September 25, 2012 was one of these occasions. He and a fellow officer were making rounds around downtown Fargo when they heard on their […]

Jorge Soetebeer had  undergone open-heart surgery three weeks earlier when he went into cardiac arrest. His wife, Roxanna, and his 13-year old son Philip sprang into action and immediately began performing CPR. They called 911 and the operator was able to keep them calm and pace them […]

Dawn Conrad was in the car with a group of friends on the way back from a football game when she went into cardiac arrest. I was sitting in the back seat and Dawn was sitting next to me, and I felt her fall against my shoulders,” her […]