EMT technician suffers heart attack, while treating patient with a heart attack

[Serious]

A Detroit EMS technician is being hailed as a hero after treating a patient who was having a heart attack – as he was having a heart attack himself.

While on route to a hospital Saturday morning, Joseph Hardman was performing CPR on a patient when he started to have his own heart attack symptoms, the Detroit Free Press reported.

“He nearly died and had to go to surgery,” said EMS union representative Joe Barney.

According to Barney, Hardman dropped his patient off alive at the hospital and then proceeded to the emergency room, where physicians treated him immediately. Both Hardman and his patient were given stents and are recovering next to each other at the hospital.

Barney noted that eight years ago, the Detroit EMS department employed 304 technicians, but due to loss of pay and working conditions, the department is now down to a skeleton crew of 150.


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[88m3]

our country is in rough shape, friends

 

[acri1]

 

[theworldismine13]

props to dude

 

[theoretic]

Barney noted that eight years ago, the Detroit EMS department employed 304 technicians, but due to loss of pay and working conditions, the department is now down to a skeleton crew of 150.

 

[Naijan]

almost had a heart attack reading the title

 

[concise]

They are killing their remaining workers with the extra workload.

 

[MikelArteta]

wth the most violent big city in america has just over 100 emts?

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

wth the most violent big city in america has just over 100 emts?

if its like most cities there should be private companies as well, Detroit isnt most cities though.

 

[Uptown WaYo87]

thats some inception shyt

 

[acri1]

It's cold in the D.

 

[Savior]

Yea good luck if u need an ambulance in Detroit...u see a story every other day on the news of someone dying cause they waited an hour plus for an ambulance

 

[acri1]

Yea good luck if u need an ambulance in Detroit...u see a story every other day on the news of someone dying cause they waited an hour plus for an ambulance

Yeah it's pretty bad, right now it's to the point that they're sending cops out to rush people to the hospital because there just aren't enough ambulances.

Hate to admit it's true but I can't even lie, to be honest you're probably better off just driving to the ER (or calling somebody nearby to drive you) than waiting for an EMS. Traffic usually isn't too bad in Detroit (compared to other big cities). Even if you have to stop at lights and whatnot, it's still probably a better bet than calling an EMS, which is basically rolling the dice.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

You never know when God will take your life.