- By Philips
- August 08 2024
- 4 min read
On Christmas Day, at the Crystal Mountain Ski resort, Kory Abercrombie heard a call for help come over his radio, indicating that a man was slumped over and unconscious on the chairlift.
At-a-glance:
- On Christmas Day, a man was slumped over and unconscious on the chairlift at Crystal Mountain
- Crystal Mountain is home to 2,600 acres of ski trails and runs
- Michelle Longstreth – a veteran member of the ski patrol with 24 years of service under her belt – grabbed the Philips HeartStart automated external defibrillator (AED) off the wall
- After a quick analysis, the defibrillator called for a shock
- After several more minutes of CPR, the victim showed signs of spontaneous respirations and there was a return of spontaneous circulation
Crystal Mountain ski patrol
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Footnotes
- Heart Rhythm Society. (n.d.). Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). Retrieved December 04, 2017, from www.hrsonline.org/Patient-Resources/Heart-Diseases-Disorders/Sudden-Cardiac-Arrest-SCA.
- Ibrahim WH. Recent advances and controversies in adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2007;83(984),649–654. DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.057133.
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. (n.d.) About SCA. Retrieved December 04, 2017, from www.sca-aware.org/about-sca.
- American Heart Association. (n.d.) Every Second Counts: Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices. Retrieved January 24, 2018, from www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@adv/documents/downloadable/ucm_301646.pdf.
- United States Department Of Labor. (n.d.). Retrieved December 04, 2017, from www.osha.gov/dts/tib/tib_data/tib20011217.html.
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association. (n.d.) Fact Sheet: Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Retrieved December 1, 2020, from associationdatabase.com/aws/SCAA/asset_manager/get_file/43858?ver=32583
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. (n.d.) Proper Placement of AEDs Key to Effective Use. Retrieved December 4, 2017, from www.sca-aware.org/sca-news/proper-placement-of-aeds-key-to-effective-use.
Disclaimer
Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions. Results in other cases may vary.