On the afternoon of October 24th, Fire District 3 along with Clark Cowlitz Fire Rescue, American Medical Response (AMR), and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a patient in cardiac arrest. The patient’s husband began chest compressions (CPR). Those actions before fire and emergency crews arrived, provided this young mother of three the best chance of survival. When crews arrived, they found her husband performing exceptional CPR and then proceeded to initiate additional care and interventions ultimately leading to the transport to a local hospital to where she fully recovered.
It was a pleasure to bring together this family with the responders that assisted during this medical emergency. Knowing bystander (or hands-only) CPR can save a life. If you’d like to learn more about CPR you can visit our website https://fire3.org/cpr-aed-and-first-aid-training/.