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Lilaclady

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6. CPR

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2024, 09:51 AM

May 10

On August 28, 2023 my 76 yr old husband went to see a cardiologist for the first time. His GP put him on meds for high blood pressure two weeks earlier. After his appointment the dr was escorting him to the lobby when my husband dropped to the floor in sudden cardiac arrest. His dr administered CPR immediately and EMTs were called. He was revived and had no idea what happened - just that several EMTs were working on him, putting him on the gurney and placing him in the ambulance. The hospital was a half mile away. He has had a series of tests since then but the cause has not been determined. He now wears a Lifevest, a wearable defibrillator.

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Great story. Thanks for posting. BoRaGard May 10 #1

saw a stat the other day on the effectiveness of cpr. mopinko May 10 #2

I still dont understand how these hear attacks work. THIS guy has been in shape his whole LIFE oldsoftie May 10 #3

Back in the early 80's, a 52 year old woman I knew went to her dr. niyad May 10 #4

Our PCP lonely bird May 10 #9

Exactly. That kind of stuff terrifies me. oldsoftie May 10 #13

He had a congenital heart condition Moosepoop May 10 #10

Holy crap. Thanks for that info. Something ELSE to wonder about. oldsoftie May 10 #12

EVERYONE should be trained in CPR. Everyone. flying_wahini May 10 #5

I made certain that I got trained very early on, since it seemed to me niyad May 10 #14

CPR Lilaclady May 10 #6

Sometimes there's a warning, sometimes not. mn9driver May 10 #7

General Smith is an extremely fortunate man COL Mustard May 10 #8

Very cool story, and the photos add so much! ShazzieB May 10 #11