Doctor stops lecture to aid heart attack victim

LEWISTON, Maine - A cardiologist and a team of nurses are being credited with saving the life of a heart attack victim, but it wasn't in an emergency room.

Dr. William Phillips was giving a lecture Monday on heart disease at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston when he was interrupted by a man complaining of chest pain.

Phillips asked a nurse to take the patient to the emergency room, but he collapsed. The victim wasn't breathing and had no pulse.

One of three cardiac nurses grabbed a defibrillator to help restart the man's heart. Meanwhile, paramedics arrived and took the patient to the emergency room.

Phillips tells the Sun Journal the man is now doing fine.

"I went over to the emergency room, and he was sitting up in the bed, talking with his wife and waiting for test results," the doctor told the Sun Journal.

After the interruption, Phillips continued his lecture.

"After we had taken a breather, everybody wanted to continue on with the talk," he told the newspaper. "It was a pretty impressive event. I think the people there will remember the lecture for that."

[luisarteaga]

You will need to translate this,excuse me I dont have a perfect english........ Que buena accion de este medico dr que dejo a un lado su conferencia para atender a alguien que necesitaba atencion inmediata para su corazon porque de lo contrario hubiera muerto enseguida.Gracias por permitirme opinar en espa?ol

[rwsmith29456]

He picked a pretty good place to have a heart attack.

[skeezix06]

Thank you for the story. Sometimes its good to be reminded that there are people who don't exist only to hurt each other and advance their own personal interest. I do still need to know the bad news but an occasional nice story is encouraging.

[erasmus111]

"Doctor stops lecture to aid heart attack victim"


The doctor may have stopped the lecture, but he wasn't the one that went to the "aid" of the heart attack victim. It was a cardiac NURSE.