![]() In the message, the woman said her husband was “home and doing remarkably well” while explaining that multiple factors had caused his heart to stop and his oxygen levels to plummet. Raines later received a text message from the ill passenger’s wife. Meanwhile, Raines and Shifflett’s efforts earned them applause and high-fives from their fellow passengers before they deplaned, and their story has since gone viral during a news cycle that has been mostly dominated by the federal government’s debt ceiling debate. Photograph: Courtesy of Emily Rainesįirst responders took the passenger to the hospital after the flight landed. About seven minutes before landing, the couple managed to resuscitate him.Įmily Raines, left, and Daniel Shifflett after teaming up to resuscitate a passenger on their flight home to Baltimore after a Caribbean vacation in May. ![]() ![]() The pair spent about 20 minutes working on the stricken passenger. Meanwhile, Shifflett began performing chest compressions. Raines said she used a small plastic device to hold the man’s tongue down to ensure it wasn’t blocking his airway. The man in need of help was slumped over, and his face had turned completely purple, indicating that he probably was not breathing. “On our way up there I was trying to pregame, like, ‘Hey, if we have to do compressions, I need you to do compressions – I’ll take care of everything else,” Raines told CBS of her conversation with Shifflett as they headed up the aisle.Īn alarming scene greeted the couple. So they both got up and headed to the passenger as others tried to gather any medical equipment that they could, Raines told the Guardian on Thursday.Īccording to Raines, she realized that she and Shifflett might need to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation – or CPR – on the passenger having the emergency when she heard someone say that he didn’t have a pulse. And Shifflett used to work as a nurse before pursuing a career in the finance industry. As CBS News and Baltimore’s ABC affiliate first reported earlier this week, Raines is an acute care nurse at Greater Baltimore medical center.
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