CPR

Jake just gave CPR to a guy at Walmart last night. We're talking compressions, mouth to mouth - the whole bit.

We were at Wal-mart and I ran in to get some groceries while Jake filled the car up with gas. He saw a guy laying on the ground, and when Jake called out to him the guy was unresponsive.  Jake locked the car doors (the boys were in their carseats) and ran over to the guy to see what was going on.

 He assessed the situation, and called out to some lady in a pink sweater to go call 911 and report back.  Jake said the lady in the pink sweater started freaking out and patting every place on her body that didn't have a pocket, looking for her phone.  She finally realized she didn't have her phone, and opened up the car door and started screaming at her husband, "Dashaun! Dashaun!  Where my phone?  I gotta call 911!  Where my phone!  Oh Lordy, oh Lordy!". 

Jake did everything by the book and followed his ABC's - airway, breathing and compressions.  He had to re-tilt the guys head once to see his chest rise and the breath go in.  The police responded quickly because apparently someone else had already called them.  When the paramedics got there, the lady in the pink sweater directed them to where Jake was performing CPR (Jake had told her to direct them to him as soon as they arrived).  The first paramedic on the scene told Jake to "just keep doing what you're doing" while Jake was performing compressions, and then the paramedic took over giving the guy air through a bag.  Altogether, Jake said that he did about 5 sets of compressions and breaths by himself, and as soon as the paramedics got there he did one more set of compressions with the paramedics supplementing with air before the guy gasped for breath

But he did breathe on his own....RAD.

They put the guy into the ambulance, and that was that.  I am so proud of Jake.  He literally just saved a man's life last night.  Yeah, that's my husband:):)