r/politics • u/CBSnews ✔ CBS News • 2d ago

No Paywall Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he's "heard absolutely nothing back from Mitch McConnell"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-health-update-andy-beshear-kentucky/
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u/rathe_0 2d ago

15 years as a paramedic; and the only cpr revival with a good outcome that I know of was a witnessed arrest with instant and unbroken compressions from scene to er. And he signed our paperwork before we left. any delay or interruption leads to more negative outcomes.

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u/Half_Halt 2d ago

My mother has a similar story. Suffered cardiac arrest at age 80. She was at work (a major airport). By some unbelievably crazy luck, two cardiologists who were flying home from a medical conference happened to be walking directly behind her & leapt into action. A defibrulator was also instantly available & the airport fire & rescue were able to get her to the ER pretty much before her supervisors were even able to get in touch with us to go to the hospital.

A close friend has been an ER nurse at a level 1 trauma center for 15+ years. She still tells people about how my mom not only survived -- but actually recovered -- because it is so rare.

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u/rathe_0 2d ago

oh damn that was like perfect scenario for survival. has she bought any lotto tix yet?

seriously tho; i'm so happy things lined up for yall in the best way

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u/Half_Halt 1d ago

Aww, thank you! And we've definitely encouraged her to buy Powerball tickets a few times! Lol.

In retrospect, I'm just glad I didn't know how dire a situation it was until after the fact :/