A little over a week ago Fire, Police and HCMC medics responded to a cardiac arrest call. When responders arrived the person was in deep trouble and CPR was performed extensively both on-scene, in the HCMC rig and in the Emergency Room at HCMC. The total time CPR was performed was in the neighborhood of 60 minutes, a very long time for that process to continue.
Well today I received a forwarded email from Assistant Chief Tom Schmitz, who was on that scene, explaining that the person has made a remarkable recovery and a lot of the credit goes to the responders from the Fire and Police Departments for their excellent execution of CPR techniques during the whole event. Praise also goes out to the medics from HCMC for their excellent skills and dedication in serving this fellow as well.
Proof that fact is always stranger than fiction, the person that was saved happens to be related to one of the Doctors at HCMC. A lot of times when responders get to a heart attack victim they have been down so long that the prognosis is not too good. In this case everything lined up perfectly and this remarkable outcome happened. Nice job by everybody that helped out that day! It truly takes a team effort to get these kinds of outcomes.
