I had just came into work around 7 this morning. A co-worker and I was talking. I turn around to go do something and hear this huge thud. Dude fell over unconscious and had stopped breathing. I screamed for a co-worker to call 911 and started CPR. I got him to breathing again right before the paramedics arrived. Come to find out he had a heart attack and had to end up having emergency open heart surgery. I urge everyone who doesn't know how to perform CPR to learn as this is one of many examples I'm sure as how it's saved a life. We went by around 5pm this evening to see him but he was still asleep but we did get to talk to his family. There was no one else in the department except for he and I and the other co-worker I screamed at in the store would have never heard this guy due to not being anywhere near him at the time.........
Posted by Sammy Hain Invasion (Member # 3150) on 26 February, 2009 17:06:
Good job dude!!!!!
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on 26 February, 2009 17:08:
Can't top a story like that. Well done my man. Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on 26 February, 2009 17:48:
Good job Motley!! Posted by He came and he saw that it was NOMS (Member # 2688) on 26 February, 2009 23:26:
Well done Isis for turning another thread about someone else's deeds into one about you and your family...
Well done Mots, total respect to you.
CPNoms Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on 27 February, 2009 01:22:
C'mon Noms, that was uncalled for.
We had a customer at work last Sunday have an epileptic seizure in the store, she fell and hit her head on some shelving. Her mother didn't want us to call an ambulance, but we did anyway and they took her off to hospital.
She came back in a few days later to apologise for causing a scene - we told her not to be silly, we were just glad she was OK.
Motz - great job! Good on you!
Posted by hewzy (Member # 6043) on 27 February, 2009 01:51:
Well Done Motley!!! Respect to ya
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on 27 February, 2009 02:54:
Must be an incredible feeling Motley to know you were able to put your CPR training to use to save a life. I hope the open heart surgery went well.
Posted by He came and he saw that it was NOMS (Member # 2688) on 27 February, 2009 02:56:
Originally posted by Stitch Groover:
C'mon Noms, that was uncalled for.
Maybe, maybe not. Moving on...
How's the guy feeling now Mots?
Inquisitive noms Posted by buffalo-girl (Member # 7498) on 27 February, 2009 03:12:
great job motley!!! i am sure his family is happy you were there? hope he is doing okay now? dee
Posted by Kash (Member # 297) on 27 February, 2009 05:11:
Well done, Motley
Posted by MotleyRulz (Member # 3598) on 27 February, 2009 06:08:
Hi folks thanks just checked in with his family this morning. He's doing fine and expected to make a full, slow recovery. The doctors said if he'd been alone and it happened he would have been a goner because he had a partially blocked aorta. One of my friends said the aorta was known as the "widow maker" because it leads to death a lot of the times after being blocked........
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Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on 27 February, 2009 06:09:
great job, motley...proud of you!!!
i feel the same way about knowing CPR. i learned a few years ago because i thought to myself.. i have an ill father who has had 2 heart attacks, and a young daughter. so i thought it best to know.
glad he is doing better. Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on 27 February, 2009 16:06:
Nice job Motley! I love hearing that kind of stuff. He was lucky you were there.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on 28 February, 2009 13:03:
Congratulations Motley! I'm glad to hear the guy is doing well too. That was nice of you to go visit him and his family too!
Posted by Rainbowbrite22 (Member # 2288) on 01 March, 2009 09:03:
omg thats awesome your my hero Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on 02 March, 2009 09:34:
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