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Off-duty doctor saves Naples man after he collapses on the job

NAPLES

A young Naples man collapsed into full cardiac arrest but was saved by an off-duty doctor who started CPR.

The effort to treat the patient went full circle with the same doctor stepping in to help care for him in the ICU.

The trip to the Cardiac Care Unit at NCH’s Rooney Heart Institute is much different this time around for Faris Jawad.

“I don’t remember anything I just woke up after five days in the hospital,” Jawad said.

The 40-year-old is a living, breathing miracle.

Faris Jawad, 40, was saved when he went into cardiac arrest and an off-duty doctor responded to the emergency. (CREDIT: WINK News)

In October, he was at his job at Cavo Lounge where he works security and as a deejay.

Without warning, Jawad suddenly collapsed.

It just so happened that ICU pulmonologist Dr. Jose Valle was there.

“I went to assess him,” Valle said. “He was unresponsive. And the point I started CPR.”

Faris Jawad, 40, was saved when he went into cardiac arrest and an off-duty doctor responded to the emergency. (CREDIT: WINK News)

Another patrin captured cell phone video, the doctor doing CPR, then using an A.E.D. to try and shock the heart into beating.

Dr. Valle stayed with it until paramedics arrived.

“He was having a V-fib arrest, which means that the heart is not pumping, just shivering. And because of that shivering is not blood going anywhere. And that’s why CPR and making sure that the heart is compressed, distribute blood and maintain blood flow to the brain and secure the perfusion to the rest of the organs,” Valle said.

Jawad was rushed to the E.R., where Dr. Jeff Panozzo joined the effort.

“This was a really unique case, in that it required extensive treatment in the emergency department and extensive CPR. So first had CPR for over an hour and a half. And we, we use the device called the LUCAS device, which provides nonstop perfect, or as close as you can get to perfect CPR,” Panozzo said.

Faris Jawad, 40, was saved when he went into cardiac arrest and an off-duty doctor responded to the emergency. (CREDIT: WINK News)

Doctors also shocked his heart more than a dozen times.

Sometimes using two defibrillators at once.

“We did something called dual synchronous cardioversion, or defibrillation in this case, so we took two machine beans and attach them in sort of a series and then shocked them simultaneously with both machines. And that was the thing that got him to come out of the V-fib and to stabilize,” Panozzo said.

Diagnostics showed he was getting blood to his brain, making it a survival event. After working for hours, they pulled Jawad through without any permanent damage.

“It was like everybody do everything they could to rush just to save my life. And that’s made me even feel see how much people care about another,” Jawad said.

He didn’t realize it at the time, but one of the doctors on his ICU team, Dr. Valle, was the very same physician who started CPR.

The two men are now forever bonded.

“Yes, now treating as a patient in the ICU and now I’m treating as a friend,” Valle said.

Faris Jawad, 40, was saved when he went into cardiac arrest and an off-duty doctor responded to the emergency. (CREDIT: WINK News)

“He was on the chest performing excellent CPR I saw a video of it and you can tell the news compressions were perfect,” Panozzo said.

Jawad said CPR saved his life.

“Not just saved my life as every organ in my body is working perfectly normal,” Jawad said.

A testament to timely treatment, Jawad is moving forward with a grateful heart.

This served as a wonderful reminder that anyone can learn to perform CPR and it really does save lives.

WINK NEWS 

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