The residents rushed over to the man and detected a faint pulse. They began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation until the arena’s emergency services personnel arrived with a defibrillator.
After attaching the defibrillator and administering two shocks to the man, he regained consciousness and paramedics took him to the hospital.
The man underwent a triple bypass and three of his heart’s arteries were 95 percent blocked. The residents met with the patient a week later, saying he looked much better.
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