Pune: A doctor from the city saved the life of man after he suffered a cardiac arrest on a GoAir flight (G8284) from Nagpur to Pune on Dece mber 17.
The doctor, Uday Rajput, is an MD in paediatrics and the director of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) centre at B.J Medical College. He said the flight was full with around 120 people and had taken off from Nagpur at 9.15pm.
“Twenty minutes into the flight we heard someone shouting from one of the back seats. When I turned back, a woman was calling out to the airline staff about a medical emergency. The airline staff contacted the pilot who made the announcement for a doctor,” Rajput TOI.
He went up to the patient and checked him. “He had lost consciousness and there was no breathing nor a pulse, a clear indication of a cardiac arrest. I decided to give him the CPR. He was travelling with his wife and a couple. We took him to the open space near the rear lavatory of the aircraft. I started the CPR and kept at it for two minutes,” the doctor said.
When Jadhav did not regain consciousness, Rajput asked for the automated external defibrillator from the airline staff. “It is common practice and a norm for airlines to have this equipment in all flights in case of a medical emergency. The equipment was brought immediately. I attached the leads to his chest and realized that he needed to be given a shock so that his heart could start beating again. I gave him one and continued to administer CPR for another five minutes. After all these procedures, he began to breathe again. His pulse returned and he opened his eyes. The aircraft had a small oxygen cylinder and he was kept on it while a priority landing was made in Pune around 10.15pm. He was taken to the airport hospital. It is good that I was able to help,” Rajput added.
21/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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The doctor, Uday Rajput, is an MD in paediatrics and the director of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) centre at B.J Medical College. He said the flight was full with around 120 people and had taken off from Nagpur at 9.15pm.
“Twenty minutes into the flight we heard someone shouting from one of the back seats. When I turned back, a woman was calling out to the airline staff about a medical emergency. The airline staff contacted the pilot who made the announcement for a doctor,” Rajput TOI.
He went up to the patient and checked him. “He had lost consciousness and there was no breathing nor a pulse, a clear indication of a cardiac arrest. I decided to give him the CPR. He was travelling with his wife and a couple. We took him to the open space near the rear lavatory of the aircraft. I started the CPR and kept at it for two minutes,” the doctor said.
When Jadhav did not regain consciousness, Rajput asked for the automated external defibrillator from the airline staff. “It is common practice and a norm for airlines to have this equipment in all flights in case of a medical emergency. The equipment was brought immediately. I attached the leads to his chest and realized that he needed to be given a shock so that his heart could start beating again. I gave him one and continued to administer CPR for another five minutes. After all these procedures, he began to breathe again. His pulse returned and he opened his eyes. The aircraft had a small oxygen cylinder and he was kept on it while a priority landing was made in Pune around 10.15pm. He was taken to the airport hospital. It is good that I was able to help,” Rajput added.
21/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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