A HINTON MAN IS ALIVE TODAY THANKS TO FAST ACTION FROM HIS GOLFING PARTNERS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF C-P-R AT THE DEER RUN GOLF COURSE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
68-YEAR-OLD DICK BEAULIEU WAS GOLFING IN HINTON ON JULY 2ND AND HAD JUST HIT A SHOT ONTO THE GREEN WHEN HE COLLAPSED ON THE COURSE.
FORTUNATELY ,HIS GOLFING FRIEND DEAN BURGER KNEW WHAT TO DO:
OC………JUST ALTERNATED. :18
BURGER & BEAULIEU
IT TOOK AROUND 10 MINUTES FOR E-M-T’S TO ARRIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS.
BEAULIEU SAYS HE WAS TOLD HIS PULSE STOPPED AFTER HE COLLAPSED:
OC………..IN THE HOSPITAL. :22
BEAULIEU, WHO IS THE FORMER MAYOR OF HINTON, SAID HE FELT FINE THAT MORNING.
HE HAD SUFFERED A MINOR HEART ATTACK 19 YEARS AGO AT THE SAME GOLF COURSE:
OC…………KNEW WHAT TO DO. ;22
HE GOT THAT PACEMAKER THAT FRIDAY AND WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY, SATURDAY THE 6TH.
BURGER FORTUNATELY HAD BEEN TRAINED IN C-P-R FOR YEARS, BUT HAD NEVER HAD TO USE THAT TRAINING IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THIS MONTH:
OC………….GOT HER DONE. :16
LEARNING C-P-R CAN HELP YOU SAVE A LIFE.
TRAINING IS OFFERED AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH YOUR LOCAL RED CROSS AS WELL AS SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE.
