CFD and citizen saves life at bowling alleyChesterton firefighters saved a lifeChesterton firefighters saved a life on Tuesday at the bowling alley with a couple of shocks from an automated external defibrillator (AED). But they had a helping pair of hands from a citizen at the scene. Lt. Jamie Hicks told the Chesterton Tribune today that at 1:24 p.m. the CFD was dispatched to Westchester Lanes at 124 N. Eighth St.—just around the corner from the fire house—in response to a report of a full cardiac arrest. On firefighters' arrival, a woman whom Hicks identified as the owner's wife and a nurse was already administering CPR to the victim, a retirement-aged gentleman. "We took over CPR and then applied the AED," Hicks said. "We shocked him two times. Then we did more CPR." |