{"id":137901,"date":"2020-12-20T18:39:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T15:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/united-passengers-performed-cpr-on-man-despite-covid-19-risk\/"},"modified":"2020-12-20T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T15:39:55","slug":"united-passengers-performed-cpr-on-man-despite-covid-19-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/united-passengers-performed-cpr-on-man-despite-covid-19-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"#United passengers performed CPR on man despite COVID-19 risk"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#United passengers performed CPR on man despite COVID-19 risk<\/strong>”
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United Airlines passengers jumped out of their seats to save the deathly-ill flier suffering from COVID-19 symptoms mid-flight \u2014 despite fears of exposing themselves to the virus.<\/p>\n

Tony Aldapa, who is an EMT, said he and two others performed CPR on the sick man for close to an hour on a flight last week from Orlando to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew the risks involved in performing CPR on someone that potentially has COVID, but I made the choice to do so anyways,\u201d Aldapa wrote on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n

He and the other passengers \u201cessentially tag-teaming,\u201d performing chest compressions on the man who had begun shaking before losing consciousness on the flight, CBS LA reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of them doing mouth-to-mouth, a compressable oxygen bag attached to a mask was used to breathe for the dying man, TMZ reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aldapa said he spoke with the passenger\u2019s wife who admitted that he was scheduled to get a COVID-19 test done in Los Angeles, though the man reportedly told the airline before boarding that he had no virus-related symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018I spent the remainder of the flight covered in my own sweat and in that man\u2019s urine,\u201d Aldapa wrote. <\/p>\n

After an emergency landing in New Orleans, the sick passenger was brought to the hospital, where he died a short time later, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n

Aldapa said he has since become sick himself with virus-related symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cEssentially I just feel like I got hit by a train,\u201d he told CBS LA. \u201cI had a cough, my whole body still hurt, I had a headache.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite potentially putting his health in danger, Aldapa said that he only regrets not stepping up sooner.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing I had the knowledge, training and experience to help out, I could not have sat idly by and watched someone die,\u201d Aldapa wrote on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

United Airlines said they were initially only informed that the man had suffered a cardiac arrest \u2014 and are waiting on more information about his possible COVID-19 case.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sharing requested information with the (CDC) so they can work with local health officials to conduct outreach to any customer the CDC believes may be at risk for possible exposure or infection,\u201d the airline said, CBS LA reported\n <\/p><\/div>\n