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Learn CPR!!
I'm not big on preaching...in fact, I'm the opposite. However, recent events have dictated that I try to get people to realize that life is short and you, yes YOU, might be able to help!
Long story short, a friend and co-worker performed CPR on a 42 year old man about 2 weeks ago and saved his life. He now has a pacemaker and is forced to retire (police officer) because he won't be able to work any longer.
Now, about 2 weeks later, this same friend almost lost HIS wife! She is a nurse, 29 years old and pretty fit. While at work (thankfully) she went into full cardiac arrest and "died." They brought her back and now is having a pacemaker put in. She's 29 years old!!
I always carry a CPR mask, gloves and some minor first-aid crap when I'm fishing. I fish with an older crowd and always wondered what would happen if someone went down while fishing the Canal.
Get yourself into a class. It's not that long or expensive. You might be able to save someone you know, love or just encounter!
Just an unreal chain of events this past month with this poor guy. Here he is, getting awards and accolades for saving a life and now has this thrust upon him, and her, at 29 years old!
Sorry..thought I'd pass this along. All too often, we're far away from EMS. Perhaps you might be able to be "that person" that saves a life!
Rant over....just unreal events!
Let's hope 2015 straightens its act out!!
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