UFTON MAN MEETS LIFESAVERS
On Christmas Day 2007 David Cleveland a 63 year old resident of Ufton Nervet was celebrating Christmas with his family as were many other Familys across Berkshire.
However at 7.42pm his life was to hang in the balance. David was to suffer a collapse which was shortly followed by a potentially fatal Cardiac Arrest (he was therefore pulseless and; not breathing). His family immediately dialled 999 for Emergency assistance and an ambulance from the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust was dispatched, also dispatched were local Community responder volunteers from Burghfield Common.
The responder team arrived within 7 minutes of the call being received by the Ambulance Service. Resuscitation techniques were initiated by the responders; these included the use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) which was used to shock the patient twice, in an attempt to revert a life threatening cardiac arrhythmia. When the ambulance arrived shortly afterwards Paramedic interventions were undertaken including tubes being placed into David’s airway to protect it and to make ventilation of his lungs easier, as well as an intravenous needle being inserted to allow Cardiac drugs to be administered.
The patient received a further shock from a defibrillator once on the ambulance, at which point he started to breath for himself again, and his pulse returned.
David was taken to the RBH Accident & Emergency Department (Royal Berkshire Hospital) in Reading where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit; as he recovered he went to the Cardiac Care Unit and was successfully discharged home to his family, where he should be.
When David had the opportunity to meet his rescuers and said: -
“It’s been emotional meeting all involved in my resuscitation, especially hearing what each member did to save my life. It’s helped to fill in some of the gaps I have in my memory of Christmas Day”.
David went on to say: -
“The doctors at the hospital told me that as the responder team were able to be deployed so rapidly, played a major part in my being as well as I am today. I feel that I owe them so much, the Community Responder Schemes help to save lives and the fact that they are manned by volunteers and a locally funded is both amazing and heart-warming I thank them all from the bottom of my heart”.
On Christmas Day 2007 David Cleveland a 63 year old resident of Ufton Nervet was celebrating Christmas with his family as were many other Familys across Berkshire.
However at 7.42pm his life was to hang in the balance. David was to suffer a collapse which was shortly followed by a potentially fatal Cardiac Arrest (he was therefore pulseless and; not breathing). His family immediately dialled 999 for Emergency assistance and an ambulance from the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust was dispatched, also dispatched were local Community responder volunteers from Burghfield Common.
The responder team arrived within 7 minutes of the call being received by the Ambulance Service. Resuscitation techniques were initiated by the responders; these included the use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) which was used to shock the patient twice, in an attempt to revert a life threatening cardiac arrhythmia. When the ambulance arrived shortly afterwards Paramedic interventions were undertaken including tubes being placed into David’s airway to protect it and to make ventilation of his lungs easier, as well as an intravenous needle being inserted to allow Cardiac drugs to be administered.
The patient received a further shock from a defibrillator once on the ambulance, at which point he started to breath for himself again, and his pulse returned.
David was taken to the RBH Accident & Emergency Department (Royal Berkshire Hospital) in Reading where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit; as he recovered he went to the Cardiac Care Unit and was successfully discharged home to his family, where he should be.
When David had the opportunity to meet his rescuers and said: -
“It’s been emotional meeting all involved in my resuscitation, especially hearing what each member did to save my life. It’s helped to fill in some of the gaps I have in my memory of Christmas Day”.
David went on to say: -
“The doctors at the hospital told me that as the responder team were able to be deployed so rapidly, played a major part in my being as well as I am today. I feel that I owe them so much, the Community Responder Schemes help to save lives and the fact that they are manned by volunteers and a locally funded is both amazing and heart-warming I thank them all from the bottom of my heart”.
This story appered in:
Reading Chronicle
Reading Evening Post
and
The Newbury Weekly News
Reading Chronicle
Reading Evening Post
and
The Newbury Weekly News
Another Successful Resuscitation for Burghfield and Mortimer responders
This story also appered in:
Reading Chronicle
Reading Evening Post
and
The Newbury Weekly News
Reading Chronicle
Reading Evening Post
and
The Newbury Weekly News
