Husband, CHP Revive Woman Who Had Heart Attack on Side of Hwy. 101

By Bay City News Service

An unconscious, unresponsive woman was revived by a Marin area California Highway Patrol officer Friday afternoon in Sausalito, the CHP said.

Officers responded to a report of a woman who had fallen to the ground on the side of the road of U.S. Highway 101, just north of Alexander Avenue, at about 1:45 p.m., according to the CHP.

The woman, who was visiting the Bay Area from Wisconsin, was riding with her husband, the CHP said. After the woman collapsed, her husband used a roadside call box to request help, the CHP said.

Shortly after the report, Officer Oscar Franco located the woman, 43, who didn't have a pulse, according to the CHP. Franco and the woman's husband conducted two-person CPR, and were able to revive the woman, the CHP said.

She was transported to Marin General Hospital and is in stable condition, according to the CHP. T

Since October of 2012, Marin CHP officers have responded to 3 separate medical emergency calls with unconscious, unresponsive parties suffering from apparent heart attacks. In all three instances the officers successfully utilized their training in CPR to revive the parties. Instances like these go to show how important knowledge of CPR can be in life or death situations, the CHP said.

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