在家中康复期间，她救了丈夫的命

去年七月的一天, 迈克·巴顿在他的家庭办公室安顿下来, ready to start catching up on the backlog of things that had accumulated over his latest prolonged stretch away from work.

今年4月，他的母亲在长期患病后去世. 差不多在同一沙巴足球体育平台, he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and began taking medication to strengthen his heart. He'd recently gotten back from his mother's memorial service in Detroit. Then came a bout of COVID-19 and, while recovering, one of his dogs died right in front of him.

Back at the desk of his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, he felt a little tired. 其他一切似乎都很正常.

他的妻子斯蒂芬妮(Stephanie)正在从自己的COVID-19病例中康复. 她很健康，可以回到办公室了, but she stayed home a few more days at the request of a co-worker with a newborn.

That afternoon, Stephanie walked into 迈克's office to ask him a question.

他抬起头说:“我觉得头晕."

He then saw a blue static line, the kind seen on old televisions when they were being turned off.

紧接着，他瘫倒在椅子上.

“麦克! 迈克!斯蒂芬妮喊着，摇晃着他.

他不能动，也没有呼吸. 他心脏骤停.

斯蒂芬妮拨打了911.

“你知道心肺复苏术吗?调度员问道.

她受过几次训练. 但在恐慌中，她什么都不记得了.

“不，”她说.

Stephanie turned on speakerphone and the dispatcher talked her through it.

首先，她得把迈克打倒在地. 她抓住他办公椅的一个扶手, 把它拉到一边，直到他摔倒在地.

接着，她被告知给她的丈夫 胸外按压 直到救援到来. 他们不到五分钟就到了.

急救人员把麦克连接到一个 自动体外除颤器，即AED. 这种便携式设备可以帮助停止跳动的心脏重新跳动. 在前两次电击之后, 迈克 received 心肺复苏 from a mechanical 心肺复苏 device designed to deliver continuous 胸外按压. AED的第三次电击触发了持续的节律.

迈克在药物诱导下昏迷了两天, 温和的环境让他的大脑和身体得以康复. 斯蒂芬妮在他身边，一边用笔记本电脑工作，一边和他聊天. 

第三天她来的时候，他已经醒了. 一根呼吸管被拔掉了. 迈克看着她说:“我怎么了? 为什么我在这里?"

这些连贯的想法对斯蒂芬妮来说是一个巨大的解脱. It indicated that he didn't have brain damage caused by however long he went without oxygen.

心脏骤停是心脏电系统的故障. 医生们一直无法查明迈克为什么会这样. However, they said it could be related to his recent diagnosis of congestive heart failure.

After the cardiac arrest, 迈克 underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy. A half-dollar-sized pacemaker was implanted in his chest and connected to his heart. 他的心律会紊乱吗, 设备可以纠正它——因此有了术语“重新同步”."

两周后，迈克回来上班了. It took about another month to recover from everything else he went through.

“疼痛只是提醒你，你还没死，”迈克说. “这很值得."

During his recovery, 迈克 felt overwhelmed with gratitude and awe that his life was spared.

“我会开始思考这件事，变得情绪化，”他说. "It's hard to imagine that maybe I wouldn't have been around to watch our grandson grow up."

Stephanie calls the cardiac arrest "definitely the worst day of my life and best day of my life."

“那显然不是他的时代，”她说. "It was a miracle that I was standing in front of him when it happened."

迈克称斯蒂芬妮为他的英雄.

“当然, 护理人员也是我的英雄, but without Stephanie's quick actions they wouldn't have had much to work with,他说.

10月, the couple was able to meet 迈克's other lifesavers at an awards and appreciation ceremony held by the city of Palm Beach Gardens.

"They had paramedics, firefighters, nurses and doctors, and they all got awards," Stephanie said. “迈克和我能够当面感谢他们，真是太棒了."

斯蒂芬妮还获得了该市颁发的“公民救生奖”.

现在，她和迈克开始传播心肺复苏术, including taking refresher courses organized by Stephanie's women's group at their church.

"I tell everybody that 心肺复苏 is the most important thing you can know," 迈克 said.

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