This is taken from a blog of a good friend of mine:


I haven't posted anything on this in a while but,
I had a rather different night tonight....

Mat, Rich and I were driving back on the Belt Parkway.
A white G35 directly in front of us drifts and hit the right barrier.
It then bounces and hits the left divider.
Then to the right again and back to the left.
As slow as everything was happening, it all went by rather quickly.
We pulled to a sudden stop on the highway and ran to the car.
The G35 finally coasts off the road and came to a stop by a sign post.
Rich, myself and two other got to the car and pulled the guy out.
He was a white male, 6'4", 275 lbs in his late 50's early 60's.
He wasn't conscious.
Richard was on the phone with "911"
Weak pulse.
I had to administer CPR.
Weak pulse.
EMT arrived.
I called his last dialed number.
Asked what conditions the guy had.
Nobody knew, Mr. Ryan never goes to the doctor.


I had to give the guy CPR, because nobody else knew how to do it. My only experience was from ROTC 3 years ago. I'm planning on getting my certification, I realized you just never know when **** happens. It would've been convenient to have had someone who knew what to do.

Just got a call right now from the other guy that helped carry him out. He didn't make it.

 

Thats very sad, what caused the accident, he just drifted into the barrier?

 

No idea, maybe fell asleep at the wheel or something.

It seems pretty hard to come to terms with. I dont know how i would feel if iw as there and tried to save the guys life only to hear that he died.

 

It's good to hear thiers still people out thier that will do the right thing. so many people would have rather not got involved. your buddy did the best that he could

 

sorry to hear that

 

Sorry to read of your sad experience. However, both of my hands are up to you. You selfless and gallant efforts are truly admirable . . . And to be respected.

 

Sad story. Your friends are to be admired for helping and especially commended for the CPR efforts.

 

My guess is he suffered from a heart condition which is what actually caused the crash. I applaud your efforts in helping, but dont think about it too much,there is nothing you could have done more,it was his time to go..When the big man calls, you got to go..



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Your friends did good...many times after CPR the person don't make it but the worst thing to do is nothing.

Bt belt parkway...did he mean in Brooklyn?

 

Yup most likely. He's from NYC. You may even know him, he was at PSU for awhile before he went back to CUNY.

 

It's very noble of your friend to help a complete stranger like that. It takes courage to step up, esp. if you haven't bee nrecently recertified ('cuz you're actually aware of the damage you can cause). I don't know about the US, but in Canada, when u start CPR, you're obliged to keep going until someone more well-trained arrives.

One thing though - my training was >8 years ago, but I always thought that you can only use CPR on a person with absolutely no pulse - if they have a pulse (and you use CPR) it could be fatal...?

 

I think CPR is to be administered to someone who is not breathing, pulse or not. I was once certified too, that was some time ago though. I can't remember how many of each to do but i can remember how to do the breahting and pumping.

I think if there's a pulse, you dont' pump the heart, but if there's no breath or compression of the chest, then you would still do the breathing.

 

It's a sad fact, but from my 25 yrs in the fire service, I can say that most attempts to save someone in that situation, unfortunately fail, even with the help of specialized training in Advanced life support, and specialized equipment such as a Defibrillator

He may have succumbed to injuries from hitting the barriers, or he may have succumbed to heart failure. Could have been any number is things.

Only thing to do on arrival is try to the best of your ability to help, just like your friend did..........kudos to him(and his friend) for their effort.

Colin

 

Colin, from his description of what occured, my guess would be the gentleman had some sort of cardiac event, that caused him to lose conciousness and crash, I remember that kind of thing happening when I worked in news. There was an older traffic reporter that worked for the radio station connected to the TV station I worked for, one day, he crashed his car, turned out he died before it hit anything from a massive MI. What do you think? I think these guys did a good job trying to save him too!

 

...sucks...you never know what's gonna happen next...:/
i think this is my first time hearing the death while driving G.