CPR

I have always been a believer in CPR.  I've been certified since I was 17 being a lifeguard.  Since then I have had to be certified for work.   Two weeks ago I actually had to use it.   At my job there was a radio call that there was a 911 in our commissary.   We run drills all the time with different scenarios like animals getting out, people jumping in exhibits, injured divers, injured keepers and guests.   I have to say all our training paid off.  I ran to the commissary where they prep diets.  When I arrived the girls working said there was a man from an outside company working on their AC who had collapsed.   I immediately checked for pulse and breathing and he had neither.  He was purple, eyes rolled back in his head and his tongue was swollen.  Our vet showed up and we began CPR.  I called for the AED which some of us are trained in.  My coworker showed up with it and we began to put it on him.  The machine checked him and said we would have to shock him.  So we did!!  We continued CPR but we're having trouble getting breaths into him.  Our vet grabbed a tube to intubate him.  When he did that he gasped for air and car to.    Ems arrived then.  That was the scariest 5 minutes ever!  He was awake and knew his name before he left in the ambulance.  We don't really know why he collapsed!  The crazy part is the hospital found nothing wrong with him.  Not sure how you are dead and come back and nothing is wrong with you.   Insane!   I am so thankful for our team and that he lived!!!   Learn CPR.  It's really easy and can save someone's life!!