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Mike. Welch's story of su
heart attack when he arri
room in Woodland Park, Th
much in question. As soon
were getting out of the c
arrest, He stopped breath
stopped beating. But he w
dr Miguel, Sandoval and t
team almost instantly. Bu
had no pulse, right? So,
and then I started compre
individual who's pulseles
the waiting room, compres
step. Of course, they I w
treatment room and decide
and everything, we're sti
still running doors are o
to call my son and move m
in the few minutes. Lesli
mike back to life. Unfort
we we did get him, you kn
monitor, you know, did a
of Cpr, we then checked.
called ventricular fibril
of those rhythms that you
folks that are having car
it's a, it's a deadly rhy
And um it fortunately res
know, or at least, hopefu
shocking defibrillate him
know, continued another t
he's got enough blood flo
good compressions that he
like moving an arm and li
of moaning Mike was suffe
attack. Sometimes referre
maker. It's a heart attac
the left anterior descend
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attack away from a hospit
statistics increase to ab
who happened to be in the
type of heart attack hits
got maybe six minutes of
got shot once and then ag
of compressions. And at t
had a pulse and unfortuna
quick resuscitation with
Again. Next came the work
to be flown to Memorial C
They had a hard time gett
Um And so with that in mi
an intravenous line um ba
I. V. A. You know, a need
kind of right in here um
meds, it's a common thing
we have a hard time getti
quickly. So after we got
started giving him some f
gave him a medication cal
adrenaline um to help pre
going back into arrest. W
back into the treatment r
later she got some surpri
said we have him back. An
point I didn't really kno
and is needed medication.
line in, they had him bre
getting ready to intubate
called the helicopter whi
on his own and his heart
far from stable. So with
actually move towards int
a tube down his throat to
help control that airway,
getting enough oxygen and
route when in flight he c
um you know you don't hav
have a controlled airway
in route. And that become
much more scary scenario.
at pikes Peak Regional ve
of the care he received A
treated Leslie through it
I would say top to bottom
Regional Hospital was 20
a lot to me the personnel
of them there, the nurses
and the E. R. Tech was Sa
one who touched me the mo
ring and gave it to me in
next stop. You see Health
He was taken by lifelines
transport helicopter. My
drove down I asked him if
and he said no but someho
We heard it land on the r
at Memorial Central that
um to run back there and
gotten him in a room and
with him as soon as possi
stabilized. He eventually
in his heart to clear his
mike remembers none of it
ride and I you know I hat
have been beautiful scene
from here from Woodland p
and within a day Dr. Sand
Mike had quickly stabiliz
road to recovery when I g
think he was less than 24
he had been excavated. Th
out the breathing tube an
and had no neuro deficits
just kind of blown away r
you don't you don't you d
that, right? You know, it
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learn from mike and Lesli