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Boss's CPR Training Saves Colleague's Life
19 Oct
Summary
- A lecturer's dismissed indigestion was a heart attack.
- Her boss performed life-saving CPR after she collapsed.
- College students now learning CPR thanks to the incident.
A health lecturer, initially experiencing symptoms she mistook for indigestion, later suffered a cardiac arrest at her workplace. Her boss, Jessica Beni, reacted swiftly when the lecturer collapsed, recognizing the need for immediate action.
Beni, having recently refreshed her CPR skills, began performing chest compressions. She described the harrowing experience, including the physical signs of distress and the cracking of ribs during the resuscitation efforts. Another colleague alerted emergency services while Beni continued.
Paramedics arrived and transported the lecturer to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. After a two-and-a-half-month recovery, she returned to work, expressing profound gratitude to her boss for saving her life.
This near-fatal event has now become a catalyst for broader health education. The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is using the story to teach CPR to over 200 college students, emphasizing the critical importance of the skill.
