CPR Trained Coworkers

-"Office workers trained in CPR make life-or-death difference"
-Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
-October 6, 2012
-http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1007-lopez-cpr-20121007,0,3749406,print.column
About a month ago, a man remembers being in his office was reading an email when his heart had gone into sudden cardiac arrest. This man, Jerald Gale, had been treated for blockage a few years ago and was said to be healthy and in no danger of suffering any problems. However, he was lucky to have a CPR trained coworker. Another of his coworkers called 911, but Kathleen Weiler immediately knew that she should perform CPR on Gale. She was trained years ago when she was a Girl Scout, and decided she should repeat the training since she had five children along with eighteen grandchildren. The situation with her coworker, was the first time she needed to perform CPR on an actual person. Her and another coworker had to continue the process for about twenty minutes, until paramedics finally arrived. Gale was actually very lucky to survive, considering the amount of time his heart stopped pumping. He went home with a defibrillator implant in his heart, which are said to give people a larger chance to surviving a cardiac arrest. Having CPR trained employees and portable defibrillators stationed at a specific place makes it safer for people, which is why casinos seem to be one of the safest environments. There are cameras installed, defibrillators, and employees trained in CPR all over the place.