CPR First Aid | Nurse-in-training’s use of CPR saves his father’s life

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CPR First Aid Nurse-in-trainings use of
CPR saves his fathers life
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Ben Bersick learned CPR as a Boy Scout and
trained on it plenty while in nursing school. But
the first time he actually had to use it was on
his father, Michael Bersick. The family had
gathered in Salt Lake City last November for an
early Thanksgiving get-together, and Michael, 68,
went outside to get something from his car.
Thats when Ben, 41, pulled up and also the
point after which Michael doesnt remember
anything. Doctors say it was Bens fast actions
to call 911 and start CPR in the driveway that
kept the retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant
colonel from becoming one of the nearly 117,000
Americans who die from a heart attack each
year. Michael, who lives in Jacksonville,
Florida, had an irregular heartbeat, a condition
hed known about since it was detected when he
enlisted in 1966. Several months before his heart
attack, his doctor had found calcium deposits in
a heart artery.
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Michael was prescribed a statin drug and the
cardiologist sent me on my merry way, he
said. To prevent any future life-threatening
heart rhythms, doctors later implanted a
defibrillator in Michaels chest. The fact is,
what saved my life was having someone there who
knew CPR, Michael said. And what makes it
especially memorable is that it was my youngest
son who was in his last semester in nursing
school. Michael now talks to friends about his
heart attack, and encourages them to check their
own heart health. Ben encourages CPR instructors
in the nursing program to share his story when
students complain about CPR training.
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Its the people we love that we use this on, not
necessarily patients, said Ben, who graduated
from the nursing program in December and works
for the University of Utah in Salt Lake
City. Someone in the U.S. has a heart attack
every 42 seconds, and plenty occur in a hospital
or medical setting. The need to know CPR can
arise with the people that you love, Ben
said. It still gets me choked up, he
continued, but it makes me want to be prepared
for the next thing that happens. I still want to
be a super-nurse and help patients that Im there
to care for in the best way that I can. Learn
more about CPR First Aid. Bergenfield, NJ, Jersey
City, NJ, Livingston, NJ, and Queens, New York
and Gainesville, FL. Source https//newsarchive.
heart.org
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