Baltimore nurse and boyfriend save man’s life during mid-flight emergency

A nurse and her boyfriend saved a person’s life on a flight again house to Baltimore from a trip within the Bahamas, CBS Baltimore’s Stephon Dingle experiences.

Emily Raines, an acute care nurse at Better Baltimore Medical Heart, was on Southwest Flight 553 when she and her boyfriend heard a name from a flight attendant for anybody with medical expertise on the aircraft – as a fellow passenger was experiencing a medical emergency.

Raines and her boyfriend instantly jumped into motion and surrounding passengers rushed to assist by offering medical tools. The ailing man had fallen unconscious with no pulse.

“On our manner up there I used to be making an attempt to pregame, like, ‘Hey, if we’ve to do compressions, I would like you to do compressions. I will care for every little thing else,'” Raines recalled.

The state of affairs grew dire as the person slumped over in his seat, his face fully purple. “It was fairly alarming, clearly, seeing his face look that manner,” Raines mentioned.

After performing a number of rounds of compressions, Raines was capable of revive the person roughly seven minutes earlier than the aircraft landed. “I might say about seven minutes earlier than we landed is once we acquired him again to life,” she mentioned.

He was rushed to the hospital by emergency personnel.

Raines and her boyfriend acquired enthusiastic high-fives from their fellow passengers for his or her heroic efforts.

“We’re nonetheless not fully certain what occurred. He did not have a coronary heart assault, however his coronary heart stopped. They consider that a number of elements performed a job, principally resulting from his low oxygen ranges,” Raines defined.

The occasion added one other layer to the bond between Raines and her boyfriend. “We have been amped as a result of it is so superior to have that feeling, and afterwards, you are similar to, ‘Oh wow. We did this. We saved any individual’s life!'” Raines exclaimed.

Raines had routine CPR coaching at GBMC. Her boyfriend is a former nurse who now works in finance.

You may say they took the mantra of compassionate care to new heights.