Couple Save Man's Life at Kensington Metropark
The quick action of a couple during a charity walk at Kensington saved a man who suffered a heart attack during the event.
(Source: DMC Hospitals) A Physician Assistant at Detroit Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Institute, along with his wife, also a Physician Assistant, helped save a life last Sunday, Sept. 16, after a man collapsed during a charity fundraiser walk at Kensington Metropark. The patient, in his late 70s, had only minutes to live after suffering a cardiac arrest. Slobodan Djordjevic, his wife, Jamie, and about 13 of their family members were finishing up the walk when suddenly everything changed. Jamie Djordjevic, had noticed the man looking ashen and as he collapsed against a tree, she got to him and began CPR, immediately calling for Slobodan to help. The two had to perform “aggressive” CPR for about 20 minutes, until an ambulance came, …
Gerry Szumiak
10:55 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012
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