#cpr

#cpr

If you are choking and are alone, try to get yourself into a high-traffic area, such as a hallway in a building or outside your house. If you pass out, you're way more likely to be found as opposed to being in a room in a building or your house. Call 911 even though you can't speak. Someone will be sent to your location by dispatch.

"I'm a medical doctor, even if I'm coaching - don't even hesitate to help someone," Haffer told Boston.com.

A man was taken to a hospital in critical condition Tuesday after falling off a boat about five miles off Newburyport. The Newburyport police and fire departments received a report of a boater who had fallen overboard and was in need of medical attention around 3:45 p.m. Other people on the boat performed CPR on the man before Newburyport first responders arrived, took over those efforts, and ultimately brought him to a private dock on Plum Island Point, the departments say.

On July 31, a frantic 911 call brought Sixth Precinct Police Officers Kyle Radecki and Jared Gresh to a home where a newborn had just been delivered and was not breathing.

Bystanders do not need to download an app. During the 999 calls, paramedics send a text message to them via the GoodSAM video platform.

I should never have been the one to do that, it should have been someone capable.