In what can only be described as incredible, a 44-yr-old Australian nurse managed to save his own life using DIY training after realising he was getting a heart attack.
He was on his own at a very remote health clinic in Coral Bay, more than 1,000 kilometers outside Perth when he realised he was having a heart attack.
He was around 100 miles from the nearest hospital so he managed to hook himself up to an electrocardiogram, which showed a complete heart block.
He then quickly emailed the results to a doctor who contacted an emergency physician who was able to talk him through what he needed to do via Facetime.
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He inserted (IV) intravenous lines in his own arms and self-administered drugs including aspirin, blood thinners, painkillers and another druge that was for clot-dissolving called tenecteplase.
Thankfully his quick thinking worked and the heart attack subsided. He was flown to Perth the next day where he received a stent in the coronary artery that had grown blocked, and he went home two days later.
It’s understood he is now at home resting but will return to work in a number of weeks.
Experts said his extreme, do-it-yourself MacGyver-like approach would not be recommended for most people.
Good on ya, mate!
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