You too could save a life . . . here’s how.
This book is inspired by the night I helped to save a life: Halloween 2013.
The chain of survival worked perfectly. It began with the 999 call-taker who realized CPR was needed and told me what to do. It continued with the despatch of five paramedics and emergency medical technicians from the South East Coast Ambulance Service. They arrived just after midnight and did CPR for twenty-six long minutes before restarting my partner’s heart. And it finished at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where the medical staff stabilized him, cooled his body to protect the brain, and waited and hoped and celebrated with us when the induced coma ended and he woke up.
They are my heroes.
How to Save a Life is also about the rocky road to recovery: the shock, exhilaration and hard work that follows a life-altering event. Treatment is geared towards healing the body, but for both patients and first responders, the mind takes longer to mend.
I did a first-aid course at work in 2002, but never dreamed I would need it. I am usually pretty uncoordinated, but I was able to give good enough CPR – which means I know you could too.
Please visit evacarter.net today for more information – it’ll only take a few minutes to learn the basics of hands-only CPR and discover follow-up first-aid courses in your area.