EXCEL life saver
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Nurse stopped in – 3 people did, Me and Rob, guy did CPR, my dad came in as soon as fire department was en eventful night.
NOAH –
ROB – Rob, with Excel, we’ve been members since the inception of the gym, my son’s been a member since as longs the place has been there,
my MA background goes back to my tae quo do days, been with excel for last year,
Rob is also the gentleman
Don is not with us, if you’d like to talk with his
Friday night Rob normal Friday practice, adult class, my son was there, we were having a normal Friday practice, doing stretch activity, 15 minutes into the class, light thresh into form, we were doing our own thing, I was working on form, Donwas doing his thing off to the side of us,
Jake and BB were doing their form.
We were doing thing and next thing we know we looked over and saw don have fallen over, thought he lost balance, called out to him and he wasn’t responding,
eyes mouth open, gasping, on. his back, Noah was grabbing his phone to try to call 911, I jumped to Don, saw the station was not good, tried to lean on to CPR training I’d learned once, breathed air into his lungs, saw he pushed it back out, jumped to chest compressions, my son ran around to his left wrist to try to take pulse, said he had a pulse, I kept the compressions going,
Noah called 9-1-1, they said the gasping was regulated there, they said keep doing compressions 2 at a time, Noah and Walt and Matt were looking for a nurse, 9-1-1- a nurse who was shopping showed up and was guiding us through the process, Noah
Rob – I had training, received training when I worked for a shovel but didn’t have to use it, it gave me some structure to realize what to do, to go through the steps that I did, as far as the compressions, it’s fairly simple, luckily, I panicked, 9-1-1- was on phone that was awesome it calmed me down.
I don’t know the time, they were wonderful, awaeosem, can’t imagine having their jobs.
The 9-1-1 dispatcher stayed calm throughout the whole situation, helping Rob do CPR, I took over and he talked me through it, 911 calm, that helped the situation a lot.
It’s a workout to do that, you’re hyped up, you’ve got the Adeline
You’re not leaving us, you’re not going anywhere,
Fortunate that I’m just glad that I was there, timing, Don couldn’t have been there, I thought about not going to practice because it was a Friday night but being fortunate and seeing the people it affected in a good way, it means the world, it was a sweet moment.
NOAH – so fortunate to have everyone, all the great help. It’s a family, it’s not just a karate burnes.
Don – he’s still at UPMC scheduled to have surgery to correct a cardiac problem. He was cracking jokes,
Ambulance and chair, there were 2 ambulances, a UPMC paramedic and SS FD, police, life flight.
CPR,
Matt – talked with Ambulance chair, doing CPR program for school and outlet
definitely improatn, you never know what’s going to happen, it’s always a good thing for everyone to know.
The paramedics that were there were amazing, everything they did to keep Don goin and reviving him, calm and composed.
Absolutely, doctors at UPMC told Don’s family that quick COPR and they did good CPR, they kept Around 10 to 11 minutes,
Rob Francis, Washington, used to teach, corporate recruits for BNY Mellon. 10 years ago. The fundamentals they taught me back then came back to me. Guy said Staying alive, they rhythm we were going at was Staying Alive 911 dispatcher.
Name of nurse, Lan Fan, nurse, she was shopping, nurse anesthetist student at Pitt. 717-419-2879. She brought kind of a calming presence to the situation. The 9-1-1 guys can do
Jake, brave little dude, just turned 11, was 10 at the time, resilient and great. 5:45 p.m.