Meridian Health Helps Locals Save Lives
A free CPR training course, sponsored by Meridian Health, shows people how to handle an emergency situation.
A patient flat lines. The long beep of the EKG echoes throughout the halls. The hospital staff enters immediately, and they shock the stopped heart back into normal rhythm. Wrong. Although popular medical shows glorify this scenario, what they are depicting is not what happens in real life. After a patient’s heart stops, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is the next step. “The hard, cold reality is that your patient is not alive when you’re doing CPR,” Nicholas Mazzone, CPR instructor for Meridian Health, said during his presentation on Monday. About 20 locals gathered at Red Bank Public Library on Monday night for a free “Family and Friends CPR Training” session sponsored by Meridian Health. The event was lead by Brian McGrath and …
