A paramedic treating a lady going into cardiac arrest had a coronary heart assault himself whereas attempting to assist her – earlier than colleagues stepped in to save lots of each lives.
Senior emergency medical technician Jeremy Williams was resuscitating the unnamed 30-year-old affected person at her house in Bedfordshire.
However the 53-year-old East of England Ambulance Service employee abruptly felt ‘excruciating’ ache in his chest on the home in Stewartby in June.
Fearing that Jeremy may die, his co-workers stepped in, with some persevering with to shock the affected person whereas others carried out an ECG on Jeremy.
They suspected he too was having a coronary heart assault then labored side-by-side to handle each casualties and switch them to separate hospitals.
Jeremy underwent emergency surgical procedure to have two stents fitted to unblock the arteries round his coronary heart.
Now he and the unique affected person are each making full recoveries.
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Jeremy, from Kempston, mentioned: ‘It was a type of issues which by no means, ever occurs.
‘I can chuckle about it now as a result of I’m glad to be right here, but when it hadn’t been for my colleagues it could be a very completely different story.
‘We knew it was a nasty job after we arrived as a result of the affected person’s situation was so severe, but it surely simply appeared to worsen from there.’
He confirmed: ‘I’ve come off a bike at excessive velocity so know what ache is, however have by no means felt something like I did on that day.
‘It was so excruciating that the crew couldn’t dry my chest to connect the ECG. However as soon as they did get a studying, they knew what they needed to do and transferred me straight to the specialist hospital at Lister the place I had two stents fitted.
‘I now really feel tremendous, however shudder to suppose what the result can be if this had occurred on a rustic highway in the course of nowhere with nobody else round.
‘However for me, every thing fell into place – if I used to be going to have a coronary heart assault, I couldn’t have had it with higher folks round me.’
He thanked his colleagues and declared himself ‘eternally grateful’ to them for saving two lives.
EEAST workers Mark Evans, Nadine Ward, Paul Neary, Dave Jadidi and Sophie Reynolds labored collectively to deal with each sufferers.
Shaun Whittington, a complicated paramedic in pressing care, led the incidents and described the shift as one he’ll always remember.
‘Jeremy’s coronary heart price and blood strain dropped dramatically whereas we had been on the best way to hospital and at one level I believed he was going to enter cardiac arrest,’ he defined.
‘I don’t know who was sweating extra – him or me.
‘We waited on the Lister whereas he had the stent fitted and inside simply 40 minutes he was a very completely different particular person.
‘After we arrived he appeared like he was about to die, however after the surgical procedure it was like he had simply come house from a vacation.’
Mark added: ‘I’ve been on this job for 22 years and have by no means heard of something like this occurring earlier than, and actually hope it by no means occurs once more.
‘The truth that Jeremy and the affected person have each recovered is a testomony to the abilities and dedication of the workforce on scene on the day, who labored collectively brilliantly to handle two very difficult incidents.’
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