Survival Stories

North Dakota State University police officer Chris Potter has seen a lot in the past 20 years. He always remembers his “firsts”, and September 25, 2012 was one of these occasions. He and a fellow officer were making rounds around downtown Fargo when they heard on their […]

Jorge Soetebeer had  undergone open-heart surgery three weeks earlier when he went into cardiac arrest. His wife, Roxanna, and his 13-year old son Philip sprang into action and immediately began performing CPR. They called 911 and the operator was able to keep them calm and pace them […]

Dawn Conrad was in the car with a group of friends on the way back from a football game when she went into cardiac arrest. I was sitting in the back seat and Dawn was sitting next to me, and I felt her fall against my shoulders,” her […]

A male teacher at The Overlake School in Redmond, Washington, is alive thanks to the efforts of his co-workers. The 54-year old man went into cardiac arrest while teaching his usual 9:30am music class. Students cried out for help, and several teachers nearby responded, including the health […]

Turak Newman, a father of two, collapsed in his home about three weeks ago and went into cardiac arrest. His quick-thinking 10-year old daughter dialed 911 and called for help. Amazingly, the dispatcher was able to talk the young girl through CPR, and with the help of […]

Svetlana Rowland and Josh Patterson-Pope were going about their normal shift at the Old Mill restaurant when a customer began calling for 911. A man had collapsed and needed medical assistance. Rowland and her manager went into the waiting room to check out all of the commotion. […]

A woman who was 6-months pregnant gave birth to a baby girl 3 months early. Medical personnel were immediately called, and Larry Mueller, a volunteer firefighter with the Stewartville Fire Department performed life-saving CPR on the tiny infant. In all of his years at the department, he […]

Kevin Kuhn has been a veterinarian for 24 years and has performed CPR on perhaps hundreds of animals. He had never done it on a person before, that is until a car crashed in front of his clinic. A car had crashed into a mailbox, swerved through […]

Heather Roms had just left the dentist’s office when she received a notification on her phone. The notification was from he PulsePoint, an app that allows CPR-certified subscribers to receive alerts when someone nearby needs CPR, which allows them to respond and help. Roms is a nurse […]

Principal Rene Rovirosa was surveying his school’s wrestling practice when 15-year old student Devon Octave went into cardiac arrest. Having learned CPR a mere six days earlier, Rovirosa knew exactly what to do and began compressions on Octave until paramedics arrived. Octave was taken to the hospital […]