#cpr

#cpr

Firefighter Jeffrey Jovin, a former paramedic with experience assisting in childbirth, realized the newborn wasn't breathing and had no pulse. Jovin immediately began CPR as another member assisted with ventilation until EMS arrived.

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.