In April, during a trip to Nepal, British 62-year-old David Sullivan, founder of Code Blue CPR, installed a defibrillator near Mount Everest Base Camp. After climbing to 22-thousand feet to test the equipment, he installed it at a village above 16-thousand feet. He returned to the U.K., and just three weeks later, he was notified that the device had saved the life of a 30-year-old French woman whose heart had stopped near the installation site.
Sullivan says that the moment he learned the device had been used was the proudest of his life. The event shows the impact of defibrillator access in remote areas, especially in dangerous locations like Everest, where cardiac arrests can be fatal.
During his time in Nepal, Sullivan also conducted several CPR and defibrillator training sessions for local residents. Motivated by having lost four friends to cardiac arrest, He’s now proposing a plan to train 1.2 million students in CPR across London. He stresses the importance of widespread lifesaving training, recalling a pivotal incident where he saved a young man’s life while dozens of people stood by, not knowing what to do. He says that moment changed his life forever.
Source: GOOD NEWS NETWORK