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Nurses give CPR to a car passenger with a heart attack in a traffic jam

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A Malayalam news report from Kerala on nurses who gave CPR to a car passenger with a heart attack in a traffic jam. People praised them for acting in time.

Key Lessons

  • The nurses started CPR on the road itself, in the middle of the traffic jam.
  • They gave it in time, and that helped save his life.
  • General guidance: a traffic jam is no reason to wait. Call 108 or 112 and start CPR at once.
  • General guidance: ask someone to clear a way for the ambulance while you keep pushing hard and fast in the centre of the chest.

What Happened

A man travelling in a car had a heart attack while the vehicle was stuck in a traffic jam in Kerala. According to the Malayalam report from Manorama News, nurses gave him CPR in time and saved his life. Another news report says the two nurses had got off a KSRTC bus to help him.

Tags:CPRCardiac arrestTraffic jamKerala nurses

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