Laura Madden

He was still unconscious.

And I started just mentally taking notes of how many cycles of CPR

We were doing so.

That doctor did two cycles and then another two male doctors arrived and they were happy to swap in.

It's essential to have people swap in for CPR cycles because it really is very physical.

So they swapped in and delivered a further eight cycles of CPR while I stayed at Brian's head and delivered breath.

And then the ambulance arrived, they were able to put in an airway that would be more effective than my pocket mask.

I stepped out of the way and I linked with the head paramedic or the person in charge of taking notes because

It's really important that we're giving all the details to the hospital.

Unfortunately, only about 10% of people survive an out-of-hospital arrest.

So I had actually asked somebody to start a timer so we could have an accurate record of how much time Brian was down.

But they had left when I went looking for that information.

So I was able to relay that we had done 10 rounds of CPR

um and breath in between and then obviously the ambulance arrived and they started applying the defibrillator and giving shocks and medications okay brian how are you feeling so far hearing all that did that dizzy dizzy and thrilled um i mean thank god it was laura laura thank you seems redundant but i'm so glad it was you and uh

Of course I did.

I've actually, I've worked in ICU and I have experience with very sick people, but that acute episode of CPR is

Something I'm trained for, but I've never had to deliver.

I didn't even know his name.

So similar to the consultant there, I text a friend and said there was an out-of-hospital arrest.

Do you happen to know if they survived the night?