Westworth Village woman acted quickly to save boyfriend with CPR
Posted Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010
Monty Suttle has no memory of the evening in June when his girlfriend found him unconscious in the back yard.
But friends have filled in the details about how Robin Fertig saved his life.
She could have panicked, Suttle said. Instead she dialed 911, then followed CPR instructions from the MedStar call-taker. "It was the best thing anybody has ever done for me," said Suttle, who is 58 and met Fertig at church about two years ago.
Fertig immediately dialed 911 after she couldn't find Suttle's pulse. Then she was working hard on chest compressions when Westworth Village police officers Jeramey Miller and J.D. Lee arrived to take over. Within minutes, a MedStar EMS team showed up and used a defibrillator to establish a heartbeat.