A teenage baseball player from Alabama collapsed on the court last month and was rescued by a stranger who once joked in an episode of “Office.”
The teenager Evan Tucker was trying to join a travel baseball team on April 19 when he was standing on the outfield grass behind second base and fell into cardiac arrest.
Her mother, Samantha Tucker, initially thought he was hit by a ball and took off to run for her son. wbrc.
“I jumped up and heard someone say “he’s having a seizure,” so I got started.” “It was really panic, like a shock.
Johnette Wilmot didn’t know the Tucker family, but happened to be in the summer league with her 11-year-old son Phoenix.
Wilmot, who is not a nurse or a doctor, does not hesitate to waste his time and also goes to Evan. She started performing CPR and performed for about eight minutes until the ambulance arrived.
“I learned CPR when I was 17 when I was in high school, and I never used it for 40 years,” Wilmott said, adding that she kept buzzing in Bee Gees.
CPR instructors often use songs as guidance when teaching CPR because it has a rhythm of 103 beats per minute within the correct speed range for effective chest compression.
Evan Tucker (Photographed) collapsed on the baseball field on April 19 after experiencing a cardiac arrest
He was saved by this woman Johnnette Wilmot
This approach was popularized by the episode “Office”, instructors used 1977 disco records to teach Michael Scott, played by Steve Carrell as Michael Scott
This approach further promotes an episode of “The Office”, in which a lecturer uses a 1977 disco record to teach Michael Scott, Michael Scott played by Steve Carrell, who is practicing CPR in a dummy.
While going to the hospital in the ambulance, Evan’s mother hoped and prayed that he would be fine.
Samantha said, “The whole journey in the ambulance is saying “Jesus I believe in you.” “I have a peace with me because, to some extent, I know he will be fine. ”
Evan managed to get through thanks to Wilmot and another mother who helped provide assistance.
Samantha arrived at the hospital in Birmingham and said he had to be shocked by the defibrillator. He spent several days in a medically induced coma before being awakened.
Evan can now speak and walk without help, although he is still recovering in the hospital.
“The miracle happened,” Samantha said. “If it weren’t for Johnnet, if it weren’t for the Lord, my son wouldn’t be here today.”
She added: “Because Johnnet stepped in like her and did CPR when a lot of people didn’t know about it, I included myself and it’s a great opportunity for people to think about it.”
Evan was taken in a Birmingham hospital
Samantha Tucker
Wilmot visited Evan at the hospital for the first time last weekend
Gofundme, founded for Evan’s recovery, shows that Evan’s father, Eddie, suffered a severe stroke eight years ago
Samantha and Wilmot became fast friends after the horror incident. They say it every day now.
Wilmot visited Evan in the hospital for the first time last weekend, and tears filled him, taking a photo with him.
A friend of Tucker’s family has been established GoFundMe For Evan continues to recover.
It reveals the family’s history of medical problems, and Evan’s father, Eddie, suffered a stroke eight years ago, which left him permanently disabled.
The page has raised $2,465 to its $10,000 target. So are family T-shirts for sale Help raise funds to take care of him.
Evan’s mother and Wilmot encourage others to learn CPR. The American Red Cross provides CPR training in all 50 states.
