05/20/2013

'Hero' coach: Watching player collapse was surreal

From: The Daily Herald

Orem football coach Tyler Anderson didn't get much sleep Thursday night -- and isn't expecting to get much more for the next few days. His thoughts keep going to Tiger sophomore Ben Smith, who collapsed during a conditioning drill Thursday evening. Anderson and assistant coach Ward Wright immediately administered CPR until Orem paramedics, called by assistant coach Randy Lamoreaux, arrived on the scene.

05/20/2013

Cottage Grove teen's CPR saves dad during heart attack

From: My Fox9.com

Tim Galloway almost died. At 45 years old, he thought it was just heartburn, but it turned out to be a heart attack. If not for his 14-year-old son, he wouldn't be here. Jesse Galloway says his dad has always been a mentor and role model for him. But on Saturday the roles were reversed. "Dads want to be the heroes of their sons or daughters," Galloway said. "My son is my hero to me."

05/20/2013

Carolina Forest “medical miracle” thanks medical team for saving her life

From: Myrtle Beach Online

Katie John died on May 14, 2012. Katie John collapsed in her kitchen one year ago from cardiac arrest. For an estimated six to eight minutes, she was clinically dead, with no oxygen getting to her brain. Miraculously, paramedics got her heartbeat to return while performing CPR. At the hospital, doctors brought her back to health without any lingering complications

05/13/2013

Woman uses CPR to revive boy who stopped breathing after being hit by baseball

From: The New Jersey Messenger Gazette

A quick-thinking spectator revived an 8-year-old boy Saturday afternoon when he stopped breathing after being hit by a baseball. The boy, a Northvale resident, was sliding into third base during a game at Highland Field when he was hit just above the heart, said Harrington Park Police Chief Albert Maalouf.

05/10/2013

Zionsville woman uses CPR to save husband’s life

From: FOX 59

A woman saves her husband’s life by performing CPR. The Boone County sheriff says it just goes to show how important it is to take CPR classes. Chip Cravens is a reserve deputy with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. Back in March, Chip was at home when he collapsed. “He walked over to add to a text I was writing to our daughter-in-law and he just fell face down,” Lori Cravens said.

05/09/2013

Amelia Man Says Teacher Saved His Life With CPR

From: ABC 8 WRIC

Brian Handy suffered a heart attack during the Annual Spring Concert in Amelia High School's auditorium last Thursday night. He started to feel ill towards the end of the concert. "I got really hot and light headed and I got up and took about six steps and I was gone," recalls Brian. His heart stopped beating, and Brian literally dropped dead. Brian's girlfriend Elaine Lee witnessed the terrifying scene. "He fell face first into the corner of the auditorium," she recounts.

05/09/2013

Students save a life

From: The Altoona Mirror

A pair of student athletes saved the life of a man who collapsed Sunday afternoon on the Hollidaysburg Area High School track where they were practicing football footwork drills. Golden Tigers football players Daniel Baker and Caleb Parnell, both 17 and trained in CPR, rushed over to Jerry Jackson, 68, who Parnell saw had fallen to the ground. An onlooker immediately called 911, but for the next 10 minutes, Jackson's heartbeat was in Baker's hands and his breath in Parnell's lungs.

05/07/2013

Northbrook residents to be recognized for saving man who had heart attack

From: Northbrook Local Tribune

As the cars of Sue Weszt and Brian Drake approached the 2000 block of Cherry Lane in Northbrook on the afternoon of April 14, they saw a man unconscious. Pulling over, Westz, a longtime cardiac nurse, asked a bystander to call 911 before she approached the victim, a 44-year-old Northbrook resident. He has no pulse. The victim had been on his bicycle when he collapsed from an apparent heart attack, according to the Northbrook Fire Department. Drake, 34, came upon the scene on his way home from downtown Chicago with his wife and three kids. A supervisor for the Evanston 911 center, Drake used his radio to notify Northbrook police.

05/06/2013

Quick-thinking bus driver saves passenger with CPR

From: Yahoo! News

A bus driver in Sydney, Australia, kept his cool and helped save a passenger's life. Amar Wahid was driving his city bus when a woman collapsed into the aisle. According to Australia's 9 News, Wahid, who had recently completed a first-aid course, pulled over and performed CPR on the woman until paramedics arrived. The incident was captured on the bus's security camera.

05/06/2013

Teen uses CPR skills to save woman in Safeway

From: Bonney Lake & Sumner Courier Herald

Safeway produce clerk Austin Bergstrom knew something was wrong with regular customer Penny Maier. “She wasn’t acting right, so I kept an eye on her,” he said. When he saw her collapse, he realized he was the only employee in the area. Fortunately, he knew what to do.

05/01/2013

West Newbury Little League Dads Save Woman In Cardiac Arrest

From: CBS Boston

She’s rebounded enough to pickup after the kids, even as a portable defibrillator reminds Samantha Graham that she’s not yet out of the woods. “I count my blessings every day,” Graham said. It was last Wednesday on the ball fields of West Newbury, that doctors now say a pair of Good Samaritans saved her life.

05/01/2013

Lewisboro Officer Saves Man's Life

From: Rye Patch

Tom Ritchey said he was in the "right spot at the right time" to keep a Vista man from dying in front of his daughter. He was driving down Tribrook Drive in Vista late in the afternoon when he saw a 17-year-old girl running toward him. "She yelled, 'my Dad just collapsed' and I immediately stopped and called for an ambulance," he said. "I grabbed the defibrillator and oxygen from the police car."

04/25/2013

Newark TSA Screener Administers CPR, Helps Save Dying Passenger

From: CBS New York

A Transportation Security Administration inspector at Newark Liberty International Airport is being hailed a hero. Robert Kennish was working at Terminal A at Newark Airport on Tuesday and getting ready to inspect a Virgin America plane that had just arrived. At around 6:30 p.m., he headed down the jet bridge toward the plane when he saw an elderly woman on the jetway floor and a customer service agent who told him that the passenger had just collapsed and was not breathing.

04/23/2013

Sheffield mum so proud after hero son saves her life

From: The Star

A teenager was hailed a hero today – after he saved his mum’s life when she collapsed after a massive heart attack. Mason Crookes, aged 14, leapt into action and performed vital chest compressions... The brave boy restarted his mum’s heartbeat – and kept up CPR for five precious minutes – before ambulance crews arrived to rush her to the Northern General Hospital.

04/22/2013

Southeastern student saves toddler after giving her CPR

From: Enterprize News.com

Merissa Cardoza can recall the lessons at Southeastern Regional High School where she learned CPR. She knows the steps – check the airway, breaths, compressions. The senior in the health services program hopes to be a nurse someday but it was last week that she got her first real lesson in the field.

04/22/2013

High Point girl saves teammate’s life by performing CPR

From: My FOX 8.com

Several members of the Wesleyan softball team used something they learned in school to save the life of a teammate. It was a normal day of practice for the Wesleyan Academy Softball team. “And I was at home plate hitting a ball and we was doing base running, and all of a sudden…,” said Coach Donald Brewer. That’s when eighth-grader Paris White collapsed during practice

04/22/2013

Colleagues Save New Mexico Postal Worker With CPR

From: EMS World

When a postal worker's heart stopped beating Tuesday, plenty of hands were willing to help keep her blood circulating. "I guess you could call it a team effort," said Lonnie Sanchez, a supervisor at the Pacheco Street post office where the incident occurred. And it goes to show how important it is for people to learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), said Santa Fe Police Officer Joe LeBlanc.

04/22/2013

Teen uses CPR skills to save Milton woman

From: The Courier-Herald

Safeway Produce Clerk Austin Bergstrom knew something was wrong with regular customer Penny Maier. “She wasn’t acting right, so I kept an eye on her,” he said. When he saw her collapse, he realized he was the only employee in the area. Fortunately, he knew what to do. As a Boy Scout, Bergstrom, 17, had been trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He ran to the Customer Service desk and told them to call 911. Returning to Maier, he began CPR.

04/22/2013

Local student credited with helping save stranger's life using CPR technique he had just learned

From: 10News -ABC Affiliate

A Carmel Valley teenager is being called a hero after he sprang into action and used CPR to save a stranger at the Del Mar Highlands Town Center. Trevor Brown, 17, explained how it all began on the afternoon of April 10 after tennis practice at Cathedral Catholic High School. "I was leaving El Pollo Loco and my mom pointed out to me that there's a man lying on the ground," recalled Trevor. "I looked over and I said I could help this guy."

04/16/2013

11-year-old Richland boy saves mother’s life with CPR

From: kirotv.com

An 11-year-old boy saved his mother’s life by giving her CPR, police said. The Tri-City Herald reported the boy came home from school Friday and found his mother unconscious. After calling 911, he started performing CPR on his mother as the dispatcher was giving him instructions.

04/15/2013

Teacher Credits CPR Training With Saving Georgetown Student

If someone collapsed right in front of you, would you know what to do, and how to perform CPR? A Scott County P.E. teacher saved a student's life this week when that very thing happened. Salin Simpson has only been on the job since January at Royal Spring Middle School, but the 26-year-old teacher has already done what most never do in a lifetime. "In the moment, I didn't think anything of it," he said.

04/15/2013

Boy rescued from swimming mishap in Santa Cruz

From: MercuryNews.com

A boy who nearly drowned during a swim team practice at Simpkins Family Swim Center on Tuesday evening was revived by CPR and was released from a hospital that night, authorities said. An off-duty nurse who assisted lifeguards with CPR said that the boy was found not breathing underwater and that he turned blue during the rescue. "He had no pulse and no oxygen," said Francesca Singh, 26. "It was pretty intense."

04/11/2013

Father pulls 11-month-old son from pool, successfully performs CPR

From: ABC Action News

An 11-month-old boy was blue and had no pulse when his father pulled him from a swimming pool in Palm Harbor on Wednesday. The father began CPR and revived the boy, according to Fire Rescue. The incident occurred shortly before noon at a home on Chatham Drive. The boy's father and grandfather were watching TV. The boy was in a walker. At some point, the family dog managed to push open a screen door. The child followed the dog outside and onto the deck. He then fell into the pool along with the walker.

04/09/2013

Deputy rescues baby in La Canada Flintridge

From: sgvtribune.com

A deputy saved a one-year-old boy who wasn't breathing by performing CPR on the infant Friday. At 5:11 p.m., Lt. Brian Fitch said the sheriff's Crescenta Valley Station received a 9-1-1 call of a baby not breathing in the 5000 block of Oakwood Avenue. Deputies Michael Winter and Miguel Perez arrived in less than a minute, he said.

04/09/2013

SOI instructor, wife save man’s life with CPR

From: The Globe

An instructor from School of Infantry East was car shopping with his wife earlier this year when he heard “a loud thud” and turned to see a dealership employee lying lifeless on the floor. While many onlookers stood still, seemingly paralyzed by shock, instinct and training took over for Sgt. David Rogers and his wife Anastasia Rogers.

04/09/2013

Praise for paramedics as CPR saves man’s life

From: Gazette and Herald

Paramedics saved the life of 75-year-old John McDermid Watt after he collapsed at Hathaway Retail Park in Chippenham on Saturday. Mr McDermid Watt was flown from Chippenham to hospital in Bath in just five minutes by Wiltshire Air Ambulance. After he suffered cardiac arrest in the car park, yards from his home in Tugela Road.

04/09/2013

Bystanders perform CPR, man saved after falling in water near Petrie Island

From: Club Metro

A man was resuscitated Saturday afternoon after falling into the water near Petrie Island. Ottawa firefighters were called to Petri Island just after 3 p.m. on Saturday after receiving reports of a man falling into the water. When they arrived on scene, two bystanders were already performing CPR on the man on the shoreline.

04/03/2013

Salem school nurse saves janitor's life

From: Eagle-Tribune

The Salem School District never used the automated external defibrillators donated six years ago — until yesterday. A 62-year-old janitor is grateful there was an AED at Walter Haigh Elementary School — and that school nurse Tara Hayes knew how to use it.

04/03/2013

Good Samaritans helped save stricken man at KnightsFest; Victim, 68, leaves hospital

From: Fort Mill Times

No one has to tell Tasia Lung how important it was for her and two other Good Samaritans to take action when a man working a grill at Knights Stadium on Saturday collapsed suddenly and stopped breathing. Lung, 29, who recently relocated to Tega Cay, was an EMT in Indiana and kept her CPR certification up-to-date even though she is not certified to work as an EMT in South Carolina. “The faster you can get someone CPR, it increases the odds the patient survives,” Lung said.

03/29/2013

Heroic students stop school bus, perform CPR on stricken driver

From: KOIN Local 6.com

Police said two middle school students sprang into action when they managed to stop a school bus and perform CPR after the driver slumped over while behind the wheel Monday morning. The bus, with a full load of students, was on its way to Surprise Lake Middle School in Milton when the driver became stricken just after 8 a.m.

03/25/2013

An 18-year-old from Taft, Calif. is being credited with saving the life of a toddler at Disneyland.

From: KABC-TV/DT

Sara Jewell performed CPR on a 1-year -old girl after she heard the child's mother screaming for help. The teen was waiting in line for the Dumbo ride with the Taft High School choir when she heard the commotion. She says the little girl's lips were blue and she was convulsing when she first got to her.

03/25/2013

Utah 12-year-old saves his mother’s life with CPR

From: The Salt Lake Tribune

C.J. Saulsgiver will never forget his 12th birthday, the day he used CPR to save his mother’s life. The Roy youth was playing Xbox games with a friend after school on Tuesday when he heard his mother yelling, in a high-pitched voice, for him to call 911, he said Friday at McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden.

03/25/2013

Macomb Township College Student Performs CPR, Saves Baby Born in Car

From: Detroit Free Press

College student Ryan Cornelissen saved the life of a premature baby girl after getting flagged down by the infant’s father on the side of the road. For the 21-year-old Macomb Township man, the infant whimpering after getting two puffs of air from him—while still attached to the umbilical cord-- is an image he still can’t shake.

03/18/2013

CPR Saves Life After Racquetball Game in Millersville

From: Saverna Park Patch

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department said in a press release that a 72-year-old man collapsed while playing racquetball at the Severna Park Racquetball and Fitness club. Two employees, Kevin Davis and Chuck Newby, came to his rescue, armed with an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED).

03/18/2013

Neighborhood Kids Help Save 12-week-old Baby With CPR

From: The National Monitor

Imagine the panic you’d have if you noticed that your 12-week-old son wasn’t breathing. Fortunately for Susanna Rohm, mother of 12-week-old Isiah Rohm, Rocky Hurt, 9 years old, and Ethan Wilson, 10 years old, were standing by to help, reports 11alive. Susanna told 11alive that she was sitting in the living room and “noticed that [Isiah] seemed off that day.” She put her finger under his nose and discovered that he wasn’t breathing. Unable to get to a phone, she started screaming. Rocky and Ethan were playing outside when they heard Susanna’s screams.

03/12/2013

Firefighters in Marathon Use CPR to Revive Runner

From: Firestorm

Firefighters running in the Gate River Run stopped to administer CPR to a "streaker" who had collapsed on the course, according to Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department personnel who responded to the scene. "Streakers" are runners who have completed every River Run since 1978. There were 42 members of the group registered for this year's race.

03/05/2013

Caltrans Worker Meets Baby He Saved with CPR

U-T San Diego

For reasons he still can’t explain, Caltrans worker Joe Thomas bypassed his usual route back to the maintenance yard Monday. The detour ended up saving a baby’s life, bringing a routine workday to an extraordinary finish. Thomas said his training just kicked in when he pulled over on state Route 54 in Chula Vista and began CPR on 13-month-old Cesar Ortiz.

02/27/2013

Hero NYPD Cops Use CPR To Save 3-year-old Boy

CBS New York

A 3-year-old Brooklyn boy has police officers to thank for saving his life after they performed CPR on him. Young Elie Lewis was recovering at home Tuesday after he stopped breathing and was revived by a paif of New York's Finest.

02/21/2013

Co-Workers Save Man’s Life With CPR, AED

From: American Red Cross

The American Red Cross recently honored six Missouri men for saving a co-worker’s life after he suffered cardiac arrest. All were employees of the Honeywell FM&T facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Three received the Certificate of Merit, a national Red Cross award which recognizes people who have used the skills they learned in Red Cross training classes to save or sustain a life. Awardees included Ray Mackay, Peculiar, Mo., Arlis Graves, Independence, Mo. and Phillip Ketchum, Lexington, Mo. The awards were signed by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, and Chairman of the Red Cross, Bonnie McElveen Hunter.

02/15/2013

Wrestler Gives CPR to Fan at State Tournament

The Tennessean

Heritage High School wrestler Schuyler LaRue’s training as a summer lifeguard may have helped save a life at the state wrestling tournament. The junior from the Maryville school administered CPR to Kingsport resident Ron Bussey, who collapsed in a restroom at the Williamson County Ag Expo center before the tournament Thursday afternoon.

02/15/2013

Teacher Honored for CPR Skills

KFMB - 8

A teacher at the Escondido Community Child Development Center is being honored after her CPR skills helped save the life of one of her students. Last November, five-year-old Marques Cabrera suddenly collapsed in Katie Grippin's classroom. Grippin performed CPR on Marques until paramedics arrived.

02/15/2013

Defibrillator Saves Portarlington Man's Life

Leinster Express

A Portarlington man was literally brought back to life last month by staff of the leisure centre, after he suffered a serious cardiac arrest in the steamroom. A dramatic rescue got underway at the poolside while shocked swimmers were led out, in what was the first resusitation involving the pool defibrillator.

02/13/2013

Son Saves Father's Life

Billings Gazette

Son saves father's life with CPR. Chad and Ken Jackson were mowing the laws for a client of Chad's business when his father had a sudden cardiac arrest.

02/13/2013

Gresham Husband Saves Wife Thanks to CPR

KGW News

On a Tuesday afternoon in late January, Greg Campau found his wife laying face down near the kitchen of the home they were cleaning. She wasn’t breathing. His wife, Janine Campau, cleans houses for a living. On January 29, she was working at a home outside of Wilsonville, when she suffered a heart attack.

02/11/2013

Defibrillator Helps Hamburg Township Police Save Life of 33-year-old Woman

Click on Detroit

A 33-year-old Hamburg Township woman is counting her blessings after two police officers saved her life with a defibrillator. On Sunday, officers Megan Paul and Daniel Bromley were called to a cardiac arrest situation just two miles away from their location. They were the first to arrive on scene.

02/11/2013

Saanich Teen Uses CPR to Help Save Life of Man Whose Heart had Stopped

Times Colonist

A Saanich teenager is being credited with helping to revive an 82-year-old Cordova Bay man whose heart had stopped.

02/11/2013

Spackenkill H.S. Student Helps Save Man's Life with CPR

The Poughkeepsie Journal

She’s going on her third summer as a lifeguard and has been CPR-certified since her sophomore year at Spackenkill High School, but 17-year-old Ashlynn Mohan never had to use her training before.

02/11/2013

Woman's CPR Knowledge Saved Her Son's Life

The Standard Journal

In the 16 years that she’s been CPR certified, Tanya Snyder has used the technique once to save a life. The life she saved was that of her then 3-day-old son Christopher, who is now 9.

07/23/2012

CPR and Defibrillator Save Triathlon Swimmer, Fire Officials Say

San Luis Obispo.com

Authorities say that a San Luis Obispo Triathlon swimmer was saved using CPR and an automated external defibrillator at the Sinsheimer Pool in San Luis Obispo on Sunday.

06/07/2012

Jogger in Port Orchard Resuscitated After Collapsing

Kitsap Sun

PORT ORCHARD — A 40-year-old man jogging on the 500 block of Bay Street collapsed and stopped breathing early Wednesday evening, but was resuscitated by a woman on the scene and police and fire officials doing CPR and applying a defibrillator.

03/13/2012

For the Second Time, Wife's CPR Helps Bring Husband Back From Brink of Death

By Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times

ST. PETERSBURG — Barbara Sweda knew something was wrong with her husband Saturday morning.

03/09/2012

Student Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest Returns to RWHS

By: Sarah Gorvin, The Republican Eagle

It’s been about six weeks since Red Wing High School student Tomas collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest while running laps during phys ed.

03/09/2012

Real Stories of Regular People Saving Lives

By Nabeha Zegar, OrlandPark Patch

Jerling students and staff, as well as medical and emergency professionals, shared their experiences where knowing CPR and how to use a defibrillator saved a person's life.

02/23/2012

For Stricken Man at YMCA, It All Works Out

Jeffrey Alderton, Cumberland Times-News

CUMBERLAND — Deputy Chief Bobby Long of the Cumberland Fire Department was working out at the YMCA and chatting with an old friend about their golf outings to Myrtle Beach, S.C.

02/23/2012

'Guardian Angels': Co-Workers Saved Heart Attack Victim

The Pilot

Michael Baker (center) talks with Sandra Jacobs and Dwight Dennis, former co-workers who saved his life after he suffered a heart attack.

02/23/2012

Oldham County High School Staff Recognized for Saving Student's Life

Courier-Journal.com

Four Oldham County High School staff members have been recognized for saving a student’s life with an automatic external defibrillator.

02/21/2012

Bad Axe State Trooper Receives Second Lifesaving Award

By Cole Waterman, MLive

BAD AXE -- For the second time in six years, a state police trooper stationed at the Bad Axe post has received the organization's Lifesaving Award.