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An
inspirational story from Allegheny County in Pennsylvania where the quick
actions of a neighbor and emergency services saved the life of Roland “Mike”
Dulaney when he fell victim to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
A neighbor had just finished Christmas dinner with his family when he received a call regarding the collapse of a 62-year-old man nearby. He alerted medical professionals, asking them to bring an automated defibrillator (AED) to the scene, and then rushed over to his neighbors house where he found the man unconscious on the dining room floor.
The neighbor performed CPR while rescuers from emergency services stepped in with the AED. They followed him, while providing advanced life support, to a nearby hospital.
Rates jump from a survival rate of 10 percent to 40 percent with an AED is used before medical services arrives so the neighbors actions were critical in the survivial of Roland Dulaney.
“It was a humbling experience,” said the neighbor. It was a Christmas miracle.
A neighbor had just finished Christmas dinner with his family when he received a call regarding the collapse of a 62-year-old man nearby. He alerted medical professionals, asking them to bring an automated defibrillator (AED) to the scene, and then rushed over to his neighbors house where he found the man unconscious on the dining room floor.
The neighbor performed CPR while rescuers from emergency services stepped in with the AED. They followed him, while providing advanced life support, to a nearby hospital.
Rates jump from a survival rate of 10 percent to 40 percent with an AED is used before medical services arrives so the neighbors actions were critical in the survivial of Roland Dulaney.
“It was a humbling experience,” said the neighbor. It was a Christmas miracle.
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