Man, 76, thanks teen who saved life with CPR
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MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — A 76-year-old Oregon man got tears in his eyes when he thanked the 19-year-old stranger who saved his life with what a doctor calls "perfect CPR."
Earlier this week, Jim Alexander collapsed while mowing the lawn at his home in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie. Gabe Shallouf was driving by with his mother when he spotted the man, ran to his side and began CPR.
Dr. Phillip Au is a cardiologist at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center, where Alexander was treated. He says the young man gave CPR for five to eight minutes before medics arrived and Alexander suffered no significant damage at all.
The doctor calls the outcome "amazing."
Alexander and Shallouf shook hands Friday outside the hospital. Said the older man, "You'd like to think everyone would do that, but not everyone has the training and not everyone would take the risk."
Nice save, Gabe! Thank you for being one of the carers in the world. We have enough haters.Â
Now this is NEWS WORTHY! Good going, young man!
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Way to go Gabe, you are a good example of humanity.
Beautiful story...........
Mr Shallouf, you are the very defintion of a hero! You made the conscious decision to learn CPR, and in a moment where it was needed, you assessed the situation and applied your training to save a mans life.
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There are times where I seriously have doubts about the future being in good hands, thank you Gabe for helping to dissuade those doubts!
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Someone get that young man a medal! (and a preloaded starbucks card :-))
@MarkKpic .......great comment. Well said. Kudos.
This is a great story, the kind that brings a tear to my eye. Awesome work Gabe, you are a hero buddy, don't forget it. I'm so glad that the older fella is just fine.
Now that's a feel good story. Excellent Gabe!! I'm sure you are, and should be, very, very proud.
Nice work son. You gave this total stranger more time on this earth and with his wife and family.
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CPR and early defibrillation have been proven over and over to save lives. Both of those are BLS skill sets and don't need a long class to learn it. The key is good HIGH QUALITY CPR. Anything less is a waste of time.
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In order for this gentleman to survive your CPR had to be very good for as long as you did it. If no one had done CPR the outcome would have been a lot different. The average time it takes EMS to get to the call is 8-12 minutes. There is connection time to 911, getting dispatch information, dispatching crews, getting to the rigs, responding time, and time to get to the patient. All that eats up time.