Ga. Firefighters Revive Comrade After Cardiac Arrest

Macon-Bibb County firefighters resuscitated a fellow firefighter after the 47-year-old lieutenant collapsed at the station.

Source The Macon Telegraph, Ga.

Feb. 14, 2012

Feb. 13--Macon-Bibb County firefighters resuscitated a fellow firefighter Saturday night after the 47-year-old lieutenant collapsed.

David Bloodworth, a 23-year veteran of the department, went into cardiac arrest just before 7 p.m. at the department's station on

Riverside Drive, Fire Chief Marvin Riggins said. Firefighters performed CPR and used an automated defibrillator to restore Bloodworth's pulse before he was taken to a hospital by ambulance.

Bloodworth is recovering well, Riggins said.

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