Rescue Squad Revives Man After His Heart Stops at Mother's Day Celebration in Dix Hills

Image via Dix Hills Fire Department

A 74-year-old man was found without a pulse after he collapsed during a Mother’s Day Celebration at his home in Dix Hills on Sunday.

The man was eating a meal when his family noticed that he was not breathing around 11 a.m., fire officials said.

About three ambulances and 21 members of Dix Hills Fire Department responded to the scene to help revive the man, who had obstructed an airway.

The Rescue Squad intravenously treated the patient with cold saline and was able to get the patient to breathe, have a pulse and hold a life-sustaining blood pressure. The man was then taken to Huntington Hospital.

“When cardiac arrest occurs, time is of the essence. In this case, the fire department was First Assistant Chief Napolitano said. “Our rescue squad did a great job reviving the patient. I am proud of them and so happy that the family was able to have a happy ending on Mother’s Day.”

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