Passing defibrillator salesman, RNs save heart attack victim in Missouri crash

[MMiz]

Passing defibrillator salesman, RNs save heart attack victim in Missouri crash

ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) - A driver who suffered a heart attack and crashed into a guardrail was saved by a defibrillator salesman and two nurses who happened to be passing by.
The salesman, Steve Earle, was transporting an automated external defibrillator, a device used to shock the heart into a normal rhythm.

"When I saw what was happening, I jumped out and instinctively grabbed the AED, just in case," Earle told KSDK-TV of St. Louis.

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[Wingnut]

That's an awesome story...and talk about luck! She needs to go play the lotto!!!

 

[Jon]

Great story... gotta be a Bizzare stroke of luck, too.

A great point is made by this story - it talks about the chicken/egg relationship with cardiac arrest at MVA's... the driver crashed BECAUSE he went into arrest, vs. the driver having non-surviable injuries causing tramatic arrest.

 

[Raf]

Usually stories have a bad tone to them. In this one on the other hand, something good actually happens. It's a nice story indeed.