When William Henderson saved his friends life
Dear Cardiac Science,
I just wanted to say, "Thank you very, very much," for helping me save the life of a good, long time friend of mine.
A little over 4 weeks ago I was playing morning basketball at Second Baptist Church, in Houston, with a group of guys that I've played with for years.
One of my friends (Steve) had played a few games and was sitting down. He was talking to a few of us and suddenly passed out. He was totally unresponsive and was laboring extremely hard to breathe. Within 1 minute he had completely stopped breathing and did not have a pulse.
A security guard at Second Baptist Church had come into the gym area and was carrying your company's AED. The security guard started to administer CPR and I took the AED and opened it.
It immediately started giving me verbal instructions on how to use it. (I have no medical or CPR training, nor have I ever used an AED device.) I tore open the packet and attached the electrodes to Steve's chest.
After analyzing Steve's heart beat it determined his heart was fibrillating. Within 20-30 seconds after the shock his heart was beating at about 80 beats per minute and he had begun to breathe again. Steve woke up about 7-8 minutes later when the paramedics arrived. He was taken to the hospital immediately, and underwent triple bypass the next day.
It turns out he has absolutely NO heart or brain damage. He was released from the hospital only 6 days after he arrived and is recuperating very well. His doctors are amazed and he expects a full recovery within 2-3 months!
Steve's cardiologist told him that fewer than 5% of patients who have this "fatal arrhythmia" ever even survive.
WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!!
I just wanted to say thank you again for making a difference. And thanks for helping me save my friend's life!
Sincerely,
I just wanted to say, "Thank you very, very much," for helping me save the life of a good, long time friend of mine.
A little over 4 weeks ago I was playing morning basketball at Second Baptist Church, in Houston, with a group of guys that I've played with for years.
One of my friends (Steve) had played a few games and was sitting down. He was talking to a few of us and suddenly passed out. He was totally unresponsive and was laboring extremely hard to breathe. Within 1 minute he had completely stopped breathing and did not have a pulse.
A security guard at Second Baptist Church had come into the gym area and was carrying your company's AED. The security guard started to administer CPR and I took the AED and opened it.
It immediately started giving me verbal instructions on how to use it. (I have no medical or CPR training, nor have I ever used an AED device.) I tore open the packet and attached the electrodes to Steve's chest.
After analyzing Steve's heart beat it determined his heart was fibrillating. Within 20-30 seconds after the shock his heart was beating at about 80 beats per minute and he had begun to breathe again. Steve woke up about 7-8 minutes later when the paramedics arrived. He was taken to the hospital immediately, and underwent triple bypass the next day.
It turns out he has absolutely NO heart or brain damage. He was released from the hospital only 6 days after he arrived and is recuperating very well. His doctors are amazed and he expects a full recovery within 2-3 months!
Steve's cardiologist told him that fewer than 5% of patients who have this "fatal arrhythmia" ever even survive.
WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!!
I just wanted to say thank you again for making a difference. And thanks for helping me save my friend's life!
Sincerely,
William Henderson
First Investors Corporation
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