Last-minute vacation turns a truck driver into a hero
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"I got out to the beach and five minutes later a lady was running frantically. ‘Does anyone know CPR?’ Out of 60 people on the beach no one knew except me," says Redl.
Redl says he jumped into action and spent the next ten minutes performing CPR on a three-year-old.
"When I got to him, he was blue, he was limp and had no pulse...but I got him back to life," says Redl.
He had learned CPR six-weeks before from the Canadian Red Cross.
"I never thought I would have to use it," says Redl.
November is CPR month, an annual campaign to promote the importance of CPR as a lifesaving skill. According to recent polling by the Red Cross, the majority of Canadians say they would recognize the signs if someone were experiencing a cardiac emergency, but fewer than half say they would be able to do something to help. A Red Cross CPR course teaches how to recognize signs of breathing and circulation emergencies, how to call for help, perform CPR, and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
"There is no better feeling out there than working on this boy for ten minutes and getting no response, then you get a cough, says Redl. "People say winning the lottery, getting a job or pay raise is the greatest feeling—but that doesn’t compare to hearing this little boy cough."
He’s hopeful other people will hear his story and get trained.
"The moral of this story is everyone should go take CPR training...that could be your kid out there and what would you do if no one out there knew CPR?"
Check here to find a course near you.
