A 17-year-old girl in Minnesota successfully kept her father alive thanks to a middle school health class that covered lessons in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Lindsay Lee, who now attends Park Center High School, was at home last summer when her father suffered a heart attack.
Lindsay and her parents. Image Screenshot via CCX Media
At first, Lindsay wasn’t sure whether her father was having a heart attack or a seizure. But she knew she had to do something.
Lindsay started performing CPR while her sister called 911. Dispatchers on the phone also aided Lindsay in the process.
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“My mom was with me and I told her to hold my dad’s head up, so he wouldn’t choke on his tongue. My mom did the mouth to mouth part too,” Lindsay told CCX Media.