A timely effort saved the life of Michael Isely after suffering a heart attack. He was golfing at a charity event at Saskatoon Golf and Country Club when an unforeseen event occurred.
On that day, he experienced a minimal degree of pressure in the chest but not alarming in any way. Isely brushed it off as stress or just a bad day. It was then that he collapsed and could not recall anything.
Lucky day
He was lucky that day since paramedic Brandon Blondeau and his father Dr. Joseph Blondeau who is close friends of Isely was also playing golf on the next hole. They received a phone call from a member of Isely’s group when they saw him collapse.
Brandon quickly drove a golf cart to Isely while yelling at his father to get to AED from the clubhouse.
Recognition
CPR was started right away. The life-saving efforts of Brandon and Joseph were recognized by the Medavie Health Services West at an awarding ceremony along with the City of Saskatoon employees who saved the life of a 45-year old man at the Shaw Civic Centre.
With the extensive emergency training from the city, an AED was used along with chest compressions to restore the heart of the man.
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LEARN MORE
Learn how to help by enrolling in a CPR and AED training class and for more information, check out these sources:
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/automated-external-defibrillators-aed-treatment