An off-duty nurse, who was visiting Mollymook Beach, has been praised for her early life-saving efforts she provided to an elderly man who had stopped breathing.
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On Monday, January 14, a 77-year-old man was swimming in the surf near Mollymook Reef. The man got out of the water and returned to sit next to his wife under their beach umbrella.
The man suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing, a NSW Ambulance spokesperson said.
An off-duty registered nurse from Sydney heard the commotion and began performing CPR on the man.
An ambulance arrived within six minutes and one shock from a defibrillator, delivered by paramedics, revived the man. Within two to three minutes the man was breathing on his own and within 20 minutes he was stable, the spokesperson said.
An off-duty GP was also assisting the nurse.
The man was transferred to Milton Ulladulla Hospital and onto Wollongong for an angiogram.
The NSW Ambulance spokesperson said the nurse was will be recommended for a community award because the CPR increased the man’s chances of survival dramatically.
“Early CPR was critical,” the spokesperson said.