Crime & Safety

Off-Duty Westborough Firefighter Helped Save Man In Cardiac Arrest

The Westborough firefighter and paramedic was at an event in Boston when he saw someone collapse.

Westborough firefighter Bailey Correia used a defibrillator to revive a man experiencing cardiac arrest.
Westborough firefighter Bailey Correia used a defibrillator to revive a man experiencing cardiac arrest. (Maggie Avants/Patch)

WESTBOROUGH, MA — A Westborough firefighter is being credited with helping save a man's life during an event in Boston in May.

According to the fire department, paramedic and firefighter Bailey Correia was at the event on May 31 along with an off-duty Foxborough firefighter and a nurse watching a volleyball game when one of the players suddenly collapsed in cardiac arrest

Correia began CPR, and then used an automated external defibrillator machine — also called an AED — to attempt to restart the man's heart. The interventions worked, and the man was taken to a Boston hospital where he recovered, according to the Westborough Fire Department.

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"Thank you Firefighter Correia for your actions that contributed to saving a life," the department said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

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