A 2-year old child suddenly became unresponsive and breathless at Mumbai Airport and Vistara's flight attendant Kessang Bhutia who was nearby rushed to attend to the child. She saw that there was no doctor around.
Without wasting any time, Kessang began CPR and she was assisted by another Vistara staffer Faizan Khan. The prompt action paid-off and soon the child was revived.
Nurse Liji M Alex (31) was returning home in Kollam in Kerala after a 6-hour daily stint at a hospital in Kottayam. Midway, the bus conductor frantically began asking the passengers whether they had any water with them but none had. A passenger had fallen ill and the bus conductor assumed that sprinkling water will revive the stricken person.
As nurse Liji reached the man's seat, she found that he had collapsed and there was no pulse, which indicated a sudden cardiac arrest. Without wasting time, the victim was laid on the bus floor and Liji began CPR. Soon the bus reached a nearby hospital and the victim was taken inside and soon he was revived, presumably with the use of a defibrillator.
Presence of mind and quick action by Vanaja, a 39-years old trained nurse, saved the life of an accident victim in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur. A 20-years old youngster was lying unconscious on the road after his bike hit a goat. Vanaja tried to wake him up, but he was not responsive.
Without delay, she began performing CPR
and within a minute the victim moved his limbs. CPR was continued for another
2-3 minutes, by which time the young man had opened his eyes. Soon the
ambulance arrived to whisk him to the hospital where he is recovering from his
injuries.
J.Roychowdhury, a 53-year traveller bound for Bagdogra, suddenly collapsed in Kolkata airport’s security-hold area on Saturday. CISF sub-inspector Partha Bose, who was on duty, rushed to the passenger and administered him CPR.
The person recovered soon and is now stable. CISF has trained many of their personnel in CPR, so that they are able to attend to medical emergencies similar to the one encountered in this case.
Asha Saxena, a 33-year old housewife from Tarapur, suffered cardiac arrest and had no heart beat or respiration. A team of 2 doctors and 3 nurses persisted in giving her CPR for the next 1-hour.
A defibrillator was used to give her 2 shocks and the second shock revived her. This was followed by an emergency angioplasty during which a stent was placed on a major blood vessel. The patient has recovered well.