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The man who climbed Mount Everest and installed a defibrillator says the device was rolled up Save a woman’s life Just three weeks later.
David Sullivan, 62, traveled to the Himalayas to place a life-saving device on the mountains.
According to news agency SWNS, he considers it to be the world’s highest position defibrillator, sitting more than 16,000 feet above sea level.
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After losing four close friends under the age of 45 to a sudden cardiac arrest, Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR.
He began traveling the world as a provider CPR Training Install life-saving equipment in difficult places.
David Sullivan, 62, depicted here, travels to the Himalayas to place a life-saving device on the mountains. (David Sullivan/SWNS)
Earlier this year, Sullivan climbed to an altitude of 22,000 feet and tested the defibrillator.
He then descended to a village near Everest Base Camp and set it up for emergency use.
Sullivan returned to Surry on April 30th.
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Just three weeks later, he received the call.
“It was… on Friday (May 23rd), around 3:45am,” Sullivan told SWNS. “I have kids traveling the world, so at first I was like, ‘Oh, my god, something happened.’ ”
Sullivan is an organization that aims to teach people who are saving CPR, and has founded Code Blue CPR, which aims to install more defibrillators in outlying locations. (David Sullivan/SWNS)
He added. “But it was a Sherpa [a Tibetan mountain guide] Sullivan told me that the defibrillator was activated and saved the life of a 30-year-old woman.
The rescue confirmed why he was physically and emotionally taken over. A tough journey.
“We hope it helps people understand how important it is to have access to a defibrillator.”
While in the Himalayas, Sullivan didn’t just install defibrillators – he also trained local sherpas and villagers.
“It’s incredible that something so simple can save someone’s life, and I hope it helps people understand how important it is to have access to a defibrillator,” Sullivan said.
While in the Himalayas, Sullivan didn’t just install defibrillators – he also trained local sherpas and villagers. (David Sullivan/SWNS)
“Being within three minutes of a defibrillator increases your chances of survival from 8% to over 50%,” he added.
Sullivan has another personal angle.
“It was the proudest moment of my life.”
He once had to use CPR training a few months after learning it himself. “I ran a nine-minute CPR for a young man and used a defibrillator just three months after I showed him how,” he told SWNS.
“Around 30 people just saw it while I was doing this and didn’t help, because they didn’t know how.”
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When the young man’s mother called him the next day and told him that his son was alive, Sullivan said it had changed his life.
“At the time, everyone knew that they should know how to do it. Save a life“Sullivan said.
Now Sullivan wants to focus on rebuilding others’ lives.
“Being within three minutes of a defibrillator increases your chances of survival by 8% to 50%,” said Sullivan, who runs CPR on the training manikin above. (David Sullivan/SWNS)
He is moving forward with plans to train 1.2 million CPR students through the school’s initiative.
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“We want every school to have new defibrillators and everyone in the school (students, teachers, staff) receive all the training they need to save someone else’s life,” he told SWNS.
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“We won’t stop until we achieve that,” he said.
