{"id":536052,"date":"2023-01-05T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/runner-performed-life-saving-cpr-during-half-marathon-then-he-finished-the-race-and-did-it-again\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T23:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:42:43","slug":"runner-performed-life-saving-cpr-during-half-marathon-then-he-finished-the-race-and-did-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/runner-performed-life-saving-cpr-during-half-marathon-then-he-finished-the-race-and-did-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"#Runner performed life-saving CPR during half-marathon. Then he finished the race and did it again."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d819d46ce8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d819d46ce8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/runner-performed-life-saving-cpr-during-half-marathon-then-he-finished-the-race-and-did-it-again\/#Runner_performed_life-saving_CPR_during_half-marathon_Then_he_finished_the_race_and_did_it_again\" >Runner performed life-saving CPR during half-marathon. Then he finished the race and did it again.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Runner_performed_life-saving_CPR_during_half-marathon_Then_he_finished_the_race_and_did_it_again\"><\/span>Runner performed life-saving CPR during half-marathon. Then he finished the race and did it again.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The biggest concern\u00a0for Dr. Steve Lome before starting the Monterey Bay Half Marathon along the California coast\u00a0last month was being able to keep up with his teenage kids beside him.<\/p>\n<p>But the cardiologist would soon face a life-or-death situation around mile 3 of the 13.1 mile race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Somebody right in front of me collapsed,&#8221; Lome said.\u00a0&#8220;I saw him go down and\u00a0it was pretty clear to me that it was not just somebody who <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped and fell or somebody who fainted. It was a very sudden\u00a0collapse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man on the ground was 67-year-old Gregory Gonzales, a\u00a0Washington state Superior Court judge. Gonzales said he felt fine even in the moments right before. He&#8217;d trained for the race and was so at ease that day, his only worry was nabbing a good parking spot.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">&#8220;I believe we went up an incline,&#8221; said Gonzales.\u00a0&#8220;I thought to myself, &#8216;Oh my gosh, it&#8217;s downhill for a little bit, great!&#8217; That&#8217;s all I remember.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lome says Gonzales hit his head on the pavement when he fell. Lome rushed over and\u00a0started CPR with the help of a few passersby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest concern is that, having no blood flow to the brain, you can get some permanent brain injury,&#8221; said Lome. &#8220;That&#8217;s\u00a0what we want to\u00a0avoid at all costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He estimates they were doing chest compressions for maybe six minutes when Gonzales was defibrillated. Gonzales says he woke up in the ambulance like nothing had h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened, except for soreness in his ribs. He was told it was from the prolonged CPR.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">&#8220;I&#8217;m glad I have those chest fractures,&#8221;\u00a0said Gonzales. &#8220;I&#8217;ll take anything because\u00a0that saved me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once\u00a0the ambulance left, Lome was a little rattled but decided to continue the race. He had lost about 15 minutes and could make some of it back, even if his kids were farther ahead by now.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">He got on his cellphone, alternating between running and walking, just to make sure the hospital where Gonzales was headed knew what had taken place at the scene. He says that can make a difference to a patient&#8217;s care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He eventually made it past the finish line and threw his hands up in the air to celebrate the accomplishment, but the joy was short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I heard somebody say, &#8216;We need some help over here,'&#8221; Lome recalled. &#8220;Another person was down, had a head wound and was completely unresponsive.<span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"> No pulse. No breathing.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Heilemann, the 56-year-old runner\u00a0on the ground, said he started to feel dizzy about 10 steps after the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><em><strong>Watch the video above to see photos from the finish line showing Dr. Lome rushing to Michael Heilemann&#8217;s aid. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grabbed onto the rail and I was like, &#8216;Oh man, I\u00a0must have pushed a little too hard,'&#8221; said Heilemann.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the last he remembers of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, Lome was doing CPR. He says during his 12-year career, he&#8217;s seen hundreds of cardiac arrests. But they&#8217;ve always been in the hospital, with medical staff around him. He&#8217;s never had to use his CPR training outside his shift, let alone twice in one day.<\/p>\n<p>Instances of heart attacks at half-marathons and marathons are rare. A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1106468\">2012 study<\/a> found that out of\u00a010.2 million runners in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010, 59 experienced cardiac arrests during a race.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s also rare, though, is survival if it happens: 71% didn&#8217;t make it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">Heilemann,\u00a0who lives\u00a0in San Anselmo, California, calls it &#8220;super crazy fortuitous&#8221; that Lome happened to be right behind him when he hit the ground. He remembers seeing the ambulance that carried Gonzales away near the beginning of the race and later realized that\u00a0because of Gonzales&#8217;s cardiac arrest,\u00a0Lome was delayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">&#8220;Otherwise, Dr. Lome would&#8217;ve been way ahead of me,&#8221; Heilemann said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both Heilemann and Gonzales\u00a0experienced blockages which led to the cardiac arrests and\u00a0got stents in their coronary arteries to improve blood flow. Lome says he hopes it encourages other people to pay closer attention to their own heart health. And to learn CPR.<\/p>\n<p>Lome went to visit both men in the hospital\u00a0the following day. He asked Heilemann if he\u00a0had received a medal for the race. When Heilemann said no, Lome gave one to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know at the time that it was his medal,&#8221; Heilemann said. &#8220;He certainly deserves it more than I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lome, Heilemann and Gonzales\u00a0are keeping in\u00a0touch and plan to race together at the same half-marathon next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He could take good care of us as we finish the race,&#8221; Gonzales laughed. Then he paused a moment, overcome with emotion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s not a day that goes by that I don&#8217;t have tears of joy. Absolute joy.\u00a0I&#8217;m here with a second chance at this life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Cardiologist saves two runners having heart attacks at half-marathon<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Then he finished the race and did it again. The biggest concern\u00a0for Dr. Steve Lome before starting the Monterey Bay Half Marathon along the California coast\u00a0last month was being able to keep up with his teenage kids beside him. 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