I was at a birthday party just before Christmas and one of the guests suffered a massive heart attack.
Four people, including myself, gave him Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. It was later discovered that none of the four had ever done CPR before.
We managed to crack a couple of ribs but we kept him alive until the MICA unit arrived about 25 minute later.
We were all working on this poor guy by trying to recall what we had read in books, seen on TV or in the movies. All four of us thought that the others knew what they were doing and just followed suit.
While we were pounding his chest another of the guests was in contact with 000 where a paramedic was giving him instructions on what we should be doing.
We were being told to depress his chest 100 times a minute, this was far more that I remember, but we weren’t going to argue.
I only wish that this ad had been running, at some time, before I needed to do CPR for real.
It’s a great example of perfect casting, a very appropriate soundtrack and a simple, well told narrative.
What’s even more important, is that all these separate elements combine to make this spot stick in your memory.
And isn’t that the sort of recall you want when it’s a life and death situation?
Our ‘victim’ is recovering well and can’t wait to get us back for cracking his ribs.
