My Heart Stopped, But My Wife’s CPR Brought Me Back to Life
- edison505
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
🫀 I Died at Home. My Wife Brought Me Back. I don’t remember falling. I don’t remember my body hitting the ground. But I know this: my heart stopped beating, and for a few terrifying minutes, I was clinically dead. I’m only here today because my wife knew how to perform CPR.
🚨 It Was Just Another Morning… Until It Wasn’t
It started like any normal day. I got out of bed, made some coffee, and was halfway through a conversation when everything went black. According to my wife, I just collapsed. No warning. No pain. No chance to say anything. One second I was standing. Next, I was motionless on the floor, not breathing. She called out my name. No response. She checked my chest. No movement.
That’s when she knew: this was a cardiac arrest.
👐 She Didn’t Wait. She Took Action.
We had both taken a CPR class about a year ago—honestly, more for "just in case" than anything else. I never thought we’d need it. Certainly not for me.
But when it happened, her training kicked in.
She called emergency services and immediately started chest compressions. Hard and fast.
She said it felt like forever. She was crying and shaking, but she didn’t stop.
🚑 Paramedics Said She Saved My Life
When the ambulance arrived, they shocked me with a defibrillator and rushed me to the hospital. My heart started again, but the paramedics told her something that still gives me chills:
“If you hadn’t done CPR immediately, he wouldn’t have made it.”
Those early minutes made all the difference. The oxygen from those chest compressions kept my brain alive until the medics could take over.
🙏 I Owe My Life to a First Aid Class
I was lucky. Lucky that my wife was home. Fortunate that she remembered what to do.Lucky that she didn’t freeze. But this kind of luck isn’t something you can count on.You prepare for it. Taking that CPR class was one of the most important decisions we ever made. And to think—we nearly skipped it.
❤️ This Can Happen to Anyone
Cardiac arrest can hit anyone, even people with no previous symptoms. I was in my 40s. I thought I was healthy. What scares me most is thinking about how differently this story could have ended. I might not be writing this at the moment.
📣 Please—Learn CPR
If you take anything away from my story, let it be this:
Don’t wait. Don’t assume you’ll “figure it out” if something happens. Don’t assume emergency services will always get there in time.
You can save someone’s life, just like my wife saved mine.
All it takes is one CPR class. One decision.One hour of your life… to possibly save someone else’s.
✅ Take the First Step Today
If you love someone—spouse, child, parent, friend—please take a first aid course. Do it for them. Do it for yourself. You don’t need to be a hero.You just need to be ready.
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