Perhaps every parent’s worst nightmare is finding their child unconscious and not breathing. Unfortunately, Marco Ortiz had to experience that. He and his family were getting ready for their weekly Sunday dinner. After taking a quick shower, he went into the living room, only to find his […]
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Daycare workers and first-responders worked together to save the life of a three-year old boy in Idaho. It was an average day at the Palouse Hills Day School. The children were playing outside on the playground when the boy suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing. Another child alerted […]
Read more →Patti Earfrati is a personal trainer at a fitness center, but she does more than help clients lose weight: she saves their lives. It was a typical day at the gym for Earfrati. She was with a client when she heard “Code Blue” over the gym’s intercom. […]
Read more →Brad Golding, a 17-year old soccer player, was warming up on the field when he went into cardiac arrest. Had it not been for the quick thinking of two of his fellow teammates, Golding might not be here today. Sav Ferraro and Kurtis Rae, who had only […]
Read more →Amy Hunter, a professor at technology college in Utah, was giving a lecture to students when her heart stopped and she collapsed. Hunter suffers from a congenital heart abnormality called Ebstein’s malformation. Her students immediately rushed to her aid. Some called for help in nearby classrooms, and […]
Read more →Kolin Frank was jogging near the marina in Kaneohe, Oahu, when he collapsed. Bystanders started calling for help, which got the attention of Navy medical worker Rachel Arriola. She checked Frank’s pulse, there was none. He was unresponsive, and she was the only one that knew CPR. […]
Read more →16-year old Tyler Crane was in gym class when he collapsed. Lucky for him, track coach Rene Plasencia, football coach Michael Short, weightlifting coach Sean Grove, and assistant principal Marc Wasko all assisted in helping to revive Crane. He made a full recovery and was fitted with a defibrillator. […]
Read more →Greg Johnson was out for a bike ride when he start feeling dizzy and passed out. Bystanders immediately went over to see what was wrong, but none of them knew what to do. But Dr. John Bowling, a psychology professor at Southern Oregon University, knew that he […]
Read more →Twenty-six year-old nursing student Kayla St. Marie of Milwaukee was enjoying a quiet afternoon in the park when she heard a woman’s frantic screams. The woman’s 14-month old daughter was missing. St. Marie and a dozen other adults immediately began searching for the child. When another woman […]
Read more →Jim Joyce, an umpire at Chase Field in Phoenix, is best known for his famous blown call, which can cost a pitcher a perfect game. But now, it seems that he’s known for something else: being a hero. Jane Powers, a ballpark server, had just finished her […]
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