Drama in Departures After a Cardiac Arrest | Heathrow Britain's Busiest Airport

a medical emergency has come Thanks what levels you on a cardiac arrest is the ultimate 999 emergency it's every passenger experience managers nightmare even though they deal with over 31 every year death can occur in minutes Demi's colleague Maria is already carrying out heart compressions this has to be done within two minutes to keep blood pumping around the body to keep it alive [Music] every passenger experience manager is trained in life-saving treatment so Demi administers electric shocks from a defibrillator thank you to start your compressions [Music] but with every minute the passes the chances of surviving drop rapidly come on mate come on mate in terminal twos carpark a man has collapsed from a heart attack and is now in cardiac arrest Demi and Maria are trying to restart his heart while they wait for the paramedics to arrive we've shopped it we shocked him once we've been continuously PR just given him some breaths just waiting for the ambulance good well done Maria come on mate guys tell me someone meet the ambulance go do for another shop now for 10 seconds more CPR than we're probably after shop thankfully no shock advised we've got him back here we going back we've got we've got a pulse well done think we've got him back control reference the ambulance request terminal to multi-story car park level 1 or 10 confirm the passenger is now breathing and awaiting external medics to take to Hillingdon over we're going back I was just waiting for advance paramedics I think they're the ones that can start putting drugs and stuff in him and lines and stuff right I think what we've kept him going that's for sure if it weren't here on time it yeah potentially cos er you don't start working on him straight away it becomes brain dead but Murray will say pretty quickly we were here within the couple of minutes from the d5 over which was required to up the pads on him gave them a shock and got him back let's get you breathing on his own with his heart blooding once more the passenger is taken to nearby hair field hospital in Hillingdon all who throws ground staff are trained in first aid which in this case was a lifesaver inside you feel really really proud and energized when you know that through your hard work and training and experience someone's actually survived sometimes they don't make it but like I said on this occasion they made it and the feeling is great you know it's brilliant there's no price on that the good news is that the passenger went on to make a full recovery you

Channel: ITV

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Id: 6bopbxoem34

Length: 4min 15sec (255 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 23 2019