Moments after a nurse assisted an EMT with a patient at the Alabama-Missouri football game, she responded again when a fan called for help for someone having a medical emergency.
Erin Mender found an unresponsive man. But, he wasn't a fan. It was the EMT she had just helped.
“His eyes started to roll back into his head, and he was falling backwards onto someone else. And I shook him, and I said, ‘Sir. Sir.’ He was unresponsive. I felt for a pulse. I did not feel one. I yelled out for someone else to feel one. They confirmed, and I looked around, and I said, ‘OK, I’m starting CPR,'" she told CBS42.
“I remember in that moment everything was so quiet around me. But I know it was so chaotic. I remember thinking if I don’t get this person back...where are the EMTs? Where are the AEDs? I don’t know how much longer I can do CRP for.”
Moments later, the EMT was responsive.
“I just keep thinking hopefully this will get me in touch with this man. And, I can see how he’s doing..
The EMT is recovering, and thankful that Mender helped him.
