She learned Hands-Only CPR for her son. Then she came to another mother's rescue.
复活节清晨,罗宾·卡斯蒂略(Robin Castillo)正在烤馅饼,突然听到一个女人在她公寓的走廊里尖叫. A neighbor was desperate for help.
"I went out to see what was going on. It was 4:00 in the morning. She was screaming, 'Please help me! Please help me! My son is not breathing,'" Castillo said.
She dropped what she was doing, ran to the neighbor's unit and found the boy unresponsive, turning blue.
“我立即开始做胸外按压,”卡斯蒂略说. 立即进行心肺复苏术可以使心脏骤停后的生存机会增加一倍或三倍.
尽管卡斯蒂略计划继续进行心肺复苏术直到救援到来,但她还是救活了孩子.
"He regained his color. He did a big cough and started breathing again. 所以当救护车到达时,他们能够把它从那里带走,”卡斯蒂略说.
Castillo, who works as a security guard at the Target Center, 就在几周前,在明尼阿波利斯举行的十大女子篮球锦标赛上,她学会了徒手心肺复苏术.
"I love the events. 我喜欢和人在一起,喜欢和人群在一起,喜欢那种快乐,喜欢为在场的每个人创造奇迹," Castillo said. "I love being able to help people out."
卡斯蒂略一时兴起,在休息沙巴足球体育平台去了美国心脏协会的展台. 她甚至不知道那天组织会在那里演示心肺复苏术.
"Something just reached out to me," she said.
In about five minutes, Castillo learned Hands-Only CPR. 她希望有一天能在家里为儿子表演, Julian, who's 22 years old and has epilepsy.
“有时当他癫痫发作时,他会脸色发青,停止呼吸. 所以这是我的好奇心,想要学习(仅用手)心肺复苏术,以防万一我需要用到它," she said.
邻居和她的儿子每天都称赞卡斯蒂略那天所做的一切.
"He's doing great. He is very thankful for his life," she added.
卡斯蒂略将获得“拯救心脏英雄奖”——这是美国心脏协会对实施心肺复苏术表示感谢的一种方式, a heroic act and a critical link in the chain of survival. Castillo said her reaction was instinctual.
"No one else around knew how to do (Hands-Only CPR). There was no time to think of second guesses," she said. "You gotta try the knowledge that you were given."
卡斯蒂略很容易设身处地地为对方的母亲着想.
“如果是我的孩子需要帮助,我会希望有人帮助我. 听到一位母亲为她的孩子那样哭泣,我就很感动. If I can help, I will help," she said.
Castillo believes more people should learn CPR. An estimated 350,在美国,每年有000人在医院外经历心脏骤停, and only about 9% survive.
"You never know when you're going to need (to use the training). 你可以在正确的沙巴足球体育平台出现在正确的地点,”卡斯蒂略说. “我知道很多人会因为不知道该做什么而去世."
十大联盟总裁托尼·佩蒂表示,他对美国篮球协会在十大女子篮球锦标赛上教育球迷的“重要工作”表示感谢.
"We're absolutely thrilled that Ms. 卡斯蒂略对五分钟的心肺复苏术训练很感兴趣,她的快速行动挽救了一个小男孩的生命," he added. "The Heartsaver Hero Award is well-deserved. 我希望这个伟大的故事能激励其他人学习心肺复苏术,挽救生命."