Passerby may have saved unconscious elderly man’s life with CPR
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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Outcome reported
- A passerby performed CPR on an 81-year-old man who lost consciousness in Gengenbach, Germany.
- Emergency responders continued the resuscitation, restored the man’s circulation and took him to hospital.
A passerby may have saved an 81-year-old man’s life after finding him unconscious in Gengenbach, in Germany’s Ortenau district.
Police said the passerby performed CPR on Saturday evening until emergency services arrived. Rescue workers continued the resuscitation, restored the man’s circulation and took him to a hospital.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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