Alert Hyderabad cops save heart attack victim’s life with CPR

The man’s condition has stabilised. Police were yet to identify him until reports last came in.

An unidentified man suffered a massive heart attack in the Old City on Wednesday, but was saved by the timely intervention of two home guards affiliated to the Hyderabad police.

CPR is an emergency procedure performed on cardiac patients to sustain the flow of blood from the heart to the brain by repeatedly compressing the person’s chest. (File photo)

Hyderabad deputy commissioner of police (traffic) AV Ranganath said the man collapsed unexpectedly on the road near Puranapul Darwaza around 1 pm. That was when K Chandan and Inayatullah, two home guards who were managing the traffic, rushed to his assistance. Upon realising that the man had suffered a massive heart attack, they began administering emergency aid.

“The home guards administered cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to the person by compressing his chest repeatedly and blowing air into his mouth. After that, he was shifted to a nearby hospital. The man’s condition is stable,” Ranganath said.

#WATCH Traffic personnel K Chandan and Inayatullah Khan giving artificial respiration to a person who suffered a heart attack & fell down on road in #Hyderabad earlier today. They later took him to a hospital pic.twitter.com/vyVTydNhH1

— ANI (@ANI) January 31, 2018

CPR is an emergency procedure performed on cardiac patients to sustain the flow of blood from the heart to the brain by repeatedly compressing the person’s chest. “It was a highly commendable job on the part of the home guards. They saved the man’s life,” the police officer said.

Police were yet to identify the person until reports last came in.