A passenger from Birmingham, who nearly died twice in a 10-hour journey, was miraculously saved by Dr. Vishwaraj Vemala. Vemala, a consultant hepatologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, was traveling from the UK to India to pick up her mother and bring her back to Bangalore when AI128’s flight attendants started calling for an ambulance after a passenger suffered a cardiac arrest. gave. ,
Without any prior medical history, a 43-year-old man passed out in the aisle of an airplane and suffered a heart attack. In an effort to save the passenger, Who? At this point he had no pulse and was not breathing, Dr. Vemala took care of him.
Dr. Vemala had to do resuscitation for about an hour before he was able to revive her. He questioned the onboard cabin staff whether he had taken any medicines during this period. Luckily, he had an emergency bag with resuscitation drugs to enable life support, which took Dr. Vemala completely by surprise.
Apart from an automated external defibrillator and oxygen, there was no other equipment on board to monitor his condition. Dr. Vemala was also able to obtain a heart rate monitor, blood pressure machine, pulse oximeter and glucose meter to monitor the patient’s vital signs by asking other passengers on board.
While talking to Dr. Vemala, the passenger had a second heart attack. This time, his revival took longer. The Indian-origin was without a pulse or normal blood pressure for nearly two hours of the flight, with cabin staff working to keep him alive for a total of five hours during the flight.
Dr. Vemala and the pilot tried to request permission to land at the nearest airstrip Pakistan out of concern for the passenger’s chances of survival, but his pleas were rejected. Instead, they managed to hatch a plan to land in Mumbai airport to India, where rescue workers were waiting for them on the ground.
Dr Vemala was able to drop the patient safe and stable with the emergency team at the Mumbai airport, with very detailed notes and comments as he showed the cabin crew how to take over.
Dr. Vemala said that the patient thanked him with tears in his eyes and vowed to be forever grateful to him for saving his life. Dr. Vemala said that he would definitely remember this occasion for the rest of his life.
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