Finally sharing how I got into resus. Story is real and shared with permission. I speak often of my step sister. The reason she became an RN is the same reason I got into resus. As I said, she is several years younger than me. She is a real cardiac arrest survivor. When she was only 24, she collapsed after working out lifting weights. Once she was in the ER I went to visit later that day. When there, she was dressed and ready to go home when she went into full cardiac arrest. She was placed back on the bed, and nurses started CPR. I stepped back into the room in the corner to see what was happening. It was so busy no one saw me. I could see an older male nurse standing over her, pumping her chest. Each pump caused the entire bed to shift a little. I remember he was pumping so violently and harshly. I could see her stomach jerking into the air like a wave each time, as her chest went down ward. She had on pink jogging shorts a sneakers. I could see her legs and feet rock with each pump. I was scared at first. Later, she was shocked. After the arrest, she was without a heart beat for almost 4 minutes. She was shocked twice. When the nurses stepped away, the doctor stood up in a small step stool and leaned over her, using hard paddles. The first shock, all I could see was her face. I remember that her eyes were only very slightly open. When they delivered the shock, her body twitched. It was a very quick and sharp twitch, followed by her eyes opening a little, then closing back. During that moment, her face also quivered a little and she let out a sound of a gasp of air leaving her. The second shock I had to move away more. The second time I focused more on her feet. When the shock was given, all I could see was her chin, but the air tube in her mouth was sticking into the air. When she was zapped, the air tube bounced, very hard. Her legs didn't really move, they just twitched like a muscle spasm. Her feet, I could see her sneakers twitch. When she was hit with the paddles, it was not like in the movies. It was like her body did a very sudden, very quick "twitch" from the inside out. Like her face moving, it was like every part of her body either twitched and the parts that didn't twitch, kind of quivered. After that, I loved it ever since. And yes, she is now aware of this. I told her this yesterday and she said, oh. I thought she was upset with me, but a few moments later, she said go to the kitchen, get your scissors, take my clothes off, take them all off, get on top of my body and start pumping on me, right now. She is not comfortable with me sharing her name or a photo. To my surprise she did say that she wishes she could get a copy of the security camera footage to watch her own arrest and give me a copy.
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