One incredible Minnesota woman successfully performed CPR on her husband and saved his life just before she gave birth to their child.
In an amazing story that broke last week, Ashley Goette, a twenty-eight-year-old woman from Minnesota responded brilliantly when her husband suddenly fell ill.
Ashely was 39 weeks pregnant when she woke up to what she thought was her husband’s snoring. Andrew was in fact suddenly unwell and “gasping for air”.
ABC News attained the 911 emergency call where Ashley told the dispatcher that Andrew was not breathing and said he was turning blue. The dispatcher then told Ashley to keep Andrew on the bed and coached her through how to perform CPR.
There was a swift response from the ambulance and very quickly, the first responder team took over from Ashely.
Dr Alex Teeters, a pulmonary and critical care physician who was involved in Andrew’s care after the incident said:
“I don’t think Andrew would be here today if it wasn’t for the actions of Ashley. I mean absolutely, the number one most important thing, is she recognised that there was a problem and called for help.
After that, getting good quality chest compressions is the most important thing and then the amazing response time from the emergency medical service delivered that shock to shock the heart back into rhythm.”
Doctors were initially concerned Andrew could have brain damage from not getting enough oxygen to his brain. Andrew was in a coma and Ashely said:
“I kept telling him the whole time he was asleep, or in his coma, that I was not going to have this baby until he woke up.”
Miraculously, Andrew woke up on 17 October and was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome, a condition that causes a rapid heartbeat. Doctors corrected the condition and Andrew’s prognosis looks very good.
It was shortly after the incident that Ashley had her baby via C-section and while Andrew was not permitted to be in the room, FaceTime was set up so he could watch the birth.
Main Image via the couple’s GoFundMe page.
