If not for the rapid response of an off-duty nurse, a woman would not be alive today. Laurie Ouellette, 57-years old was with your husband visiting family.
Blue
While at a table, Ouellette’s head bobbed and her chin touched the chest. It was then that her head struck the table while turning blue in a short while.
Her husband yelled for someone to call emergency assistance. Luckily, an off-duty nurse, Amanda Ferrari was also at the restaurant. Ouellette was positioned on the floor while Ferrari executed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to restore breathing. It was later learned by Ouellette that she suffered a cardiac arrest due to a clogged artery.
Cardiac arrest
The emergency medical services arrived at the scene after 10-15 minutes after receiving a call. Ouellette was sure that the intervention of the nurse saved her life.
She stayed in the healthcare facility up to a week. She was under life support for half of the duration.
Ouellette is encouraging everyone to enroll in a CPR course just to be prepared to help when similar cases occur.
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LEARN MORE
Learn how to help by enrolling in a course on first aid and CPR and for more information, check out these sources:
https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/qa/what-is-cardiopulmonary-resuscitationcpr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation
https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-cpr/basics/art-20056600