Merryl Hoffman, a healthy 63-year-old, collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest on a busy street in Manhattan. Despite her active lifestyle and regular cardiology checkups, she was struck by severe arrhythmia. Fortunately, she fell outside a cancer center where medical professionals responded quickly. Nurses Sabrina Castle and Gianna Formisano performed critical CPR, reviving her until paramedics arrived. Hoffman's experience underlines the importance of rapid emergency response and bystander intervention in cardiac arrest situations, highlighting the need for widespread CPR knowledge and training.
When we were walking up, people were like 'Nurses, nurses!' We didn't know what we were walking into. People were grabbing our coffee, taking our bags.
They absolutely saved my life. Early CPR increases survival for patients in cardiac arrest by at least two or three fold.
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