Everyday heroes: ordinary people saved two lives in Budapest!

Two lives were saved by ordinary people in Budapest this week. Luckily, these people knew what to do in case of an emergency. Incidents like these point out how vital basic first aid knowledge really is.

A man saved a woman’s life in a kindergarten in District XVIII. RTL Klub reports that Tibor Vég was about to pick up his son from kindergarten when he was asked to assist an unconscious worker from the secretariat. The kindergarten staff had already called an ambulance and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with the dispatcher’s help before Tibor arrived. As the staff was aware that Tibor works as a scrub nurse (a nurse who handles sterile equipment while assisting a surgeon during a surgical operation), they immediately asked for his help.

A 50-year-old woman experienced sudden cardiac death (SCD), which is caused by loss of heart function. Tibor checked, but she had no pulse, her circulation had stopped. He continued doing CPR, and he successfully restarted her circulation by the time the ambulance arrived. The woman was transferred to the hospital in stable condition.