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Pregnant wife’s CPR saves husband after heart stops for two hours
Pregnant wife’s CPR saves husband after heart stops for two hours
Sam King, 39, suffered a cardiac arrest at home in April while his wife Emma was 39 weeks pregnant. Awoken by his gasping breaths, Emma called 999 and performed CPR for about…
The Story in Brief
Sam King, 39, suffered a cardiac arrest at home in April while his wife Emma was 39 weeks pregnant. Awoken by his gasping breaths, Emma called 999 and performed CPR for about 15 minutes on the call handler’s instruction. Sam’s heart had stopped producing a pulse, but an ultrasound showed it was fluttering, prompting medics to continue resuscitation for two hours. He was placed in a coma and later told he was among the sickest patients in the country.
Three days after the arrest, Emma went into labour and gave birth to daughter Sophie at the same hospital where Sam was being treated. Hours later, a midwife held the newborn before her father, who was still unresponsive with his eyes open. Tears streamed down Sam’s face. He has since recovered, returned to sports, and been fitted with a defibrillator. Doctors are still investigating the cause of his cardiac arrest.
The Indian Opinion
The story rightly celebrates a mother’s heroism, but coverage risks turning a medical trauma into a feel-good fairy tale. Sam’s survival owes as much to the paramedics’ two-hour effort and hospital care as to Emma’s CPR. We also don’t know the root cause of his heart stopping, a crucial gap. What test results will finally explain why a fit 39-year-old training for a half marathon nearly died? That answer matters more than the tears.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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