A medical team from the Dubai Ambulance Foundation managed to save the life of a Swedish tourist after her heart was broken by a sudden heart failure. The medical team arrived in five minutes with two motorcycles and managed to return the heart within seconds.
In a statement published yesterday, Dubai Health Services said that it received a report that a Swedish tourist suffered a sudden heart attack at a Dubai museum last week due to an electrical heart failure. The medical team arrived within five minutes of receiving the letter and began to provide assistance.
The 74-year-old Swedish tourist had excellent physical and mental fitness and used to visit Dubai at frequent intervals to enjoy the warmth of her weather and the wonderful winter weather, but this time she was hit by a stroke A sudden heart attack as a result of an electrical malfunction in her heart, and he needed to re-start the normal rhythm, which doctors were able to accomplish.
"When we arrived at the museum with two motorbikes that enabled us to avoid crowding and arrive in time within a period of not more than five minutes, I saw the patient lying on the ground and her skin turned to color," said emergency medical technician Hassan Rashad. Blue, with complete loss of consciousness and breathing, and we began cardiac recovery procedures through the cardiac recovery device that is available on all motorcycles owned by the institution, until the heartbeat was restored and breathing without help ».
"In a few minutes, the patient arrived at the intensive care unit in an ambulance, a service dedicated to the rescue of dangerous cases such as cardiac arrest, and on board an emergency medical technician, an emergency responder and an emergency doctor. To restore its health completely ».
"I never imagined that I could have done anything like this, how fortunate I was to be in Dubai, near the paramedics, and the presence of a CPR on my side that day," the patient said. The great Dubai ambulance company and all its paramedics and staff, saying that she had experienced a harsh experience for the first time in her life during this ordeal, but in fact thank all who helped her to overcome this hurdle.
Dr. Saif Darwish, Head of Corporate Communication and Public Relations, said: "The organization is constantly dealing with these difficult situations. This has created a great desire to rescue and assist those who experience severe heart attacks through a multi-stage initiative. Where it is completely excluded, the protection ratio and success in the rescue 100%.
Quick aid points
Khalifa Bin Dari, Executive Director of Dubai Ambulance Services, said that the organization maintains fast ambulance points, such as motorcycles and bicycles throughout Dubai, to make ambulance teams ready to respond to any communication and accelerate rescue, thereby reducing response time.
He added that the Foundation has concluded cooperation agreements to transfer patients with most private hospitals, making them always ready to transfer the patient to the nearest clinic, health center or hospital, whether private or government.
"The Swedish patient was not surprised because we met and treated many similar cases of different ages and nationalities, but the biggest challenge is people's understanding of such cases, the need to help the paramedic to get his job done quickly, to make way for intensive care vehicles to save the situation, Doctor not to gather around the situation ».