Upbeat_Salamander732

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2021-10-11 10:40:32

Reddit helped save a life

I'm gonna be honest with you, though I think you did everything right in your position, I imagine he didn't need CPR. Not to say he wasn't sick or that he didn't need to go to the hospital. CPR almost never ever revives someone from one round of compressions and almost never works from compressions alone. But again I think you did great and I don't know the full story.

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That actually was pretty confusing for me, I know CPR can be a longshot and I was taught it's more important to get the AED there. Though "revive" may have been the wrong word, what I meant was he resumed breathing and had an (obvious) pulse. I was very surprised myself. I really don't know what happened. But I'm grateful he made it to where he needed to be.

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Hi, thank you for the encouraging words. For those interested, my training did teach to check for pulse (I've actually had both American heart association and red cross, I was a park ranger and we had refreshers every two years but I left the park service 10 years ago). I started compressions because he abruptly stopped breathing and I could not find a pulse (if it was there it was too weak for me to feel) His eyes literally rolled back into his head and he was suddenly absolutely still, no snoring or thrashing. It was obvious I was losing him.

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