Congressman Phil Roe performs CPR on man at airport

Reuters ^ | 9/20/2011 | Colleen Jenkins

[XHogPilot]

Buried in the small font, a Republican.

http://roe.house.gov/

[blueyon]

awww the transparency.........but thank God he was there

[Pravious]

A. Of COURSE he’s a Republican. A democrat would have stolen the guy’s wallet.

B. “Roe and another woman performed CPR...”

So, I guess Reuters thinks Roe is a woman.

[Wage Slave]

This is not a criticism....just wondering....wasn’t there a defibrillator in the airport?

[Pravious]

A. Of COURSE he’s a Republican. A democrat would have stolen the guy’s wallet.

B. “Roe and another woman performed CPR...”

So, I guess Reuters thinks Roe is a woman.

[Pravious]

(Sorry for the duplicate post. I have no idea how that happened!)

[Sooth2222]

"Buried in the small font, a Republican."

If he knows how to do something useful, he obviously must be a Republican!

[Hot Tabasco]

wasn’t there a defibrillator in the airport?

I have to assume there was but where is anybody's guess. Then you have to ask if there is anyone around that knows how to use it. You don't just open the box and start reading the instructions while the person is dying on the ground.

I'd rather have CPR performed on me than a kiosk worker or janitor zapping me with electricity......LOL!

[MuttTheHoople]

If Roe was a Democrat, he’d have called a press conference over the man’s corpse claiming that Republican policies killed him.

[Straight Vermonter]

The new defibrillators are automatic. You attach the leads to the patient’s chest and the machine does the rest.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Republicans actually get things done.

Democrats just stand around whining, "Why isn't somebody doing something about this?"

[ASA Vet]

Yesterday's version

[SueRae]

I read this last night...indeed, it was not headline news...thank goodness he was there and knew exactly what to do. Good call, Congressman.

Meanwhile, previous headline news...someone faints at an 0bama rally and he asks for water........

[SueRae]

Reminds me of that escalator commercial on the same topic. :-)

[ASA Vet]

There’s a little more to using the AED than just turning it on. Training for it’s use is simple and most in house Emergency Response Teams have such training.

[Straight Vermonter]

You should watch this:

http://www.healthcare.philips.com/main/shared/Assets/multimedia/flash/resuscitation/AED/HS1_Demo_home/index.html

[ASA Vet]

Thanks, that was cool. They continue to make them smaller and more layman friendly. Like I said the training is simple. There are a few things I'd add if I were the trainer, but that vid is certainly a good beginning.

[George from New England]

“..wasn’t there a defibrillator in the airport?”

The defib got rejected by TSA security so it’s stored on the unsecure side. They would have had to move the lifeless body back past security to save him!

[Pecos]

When I read that text, I started asking myself how it could have been said better. Maybe, “Roe and a woman passerby...”

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Chances are Roe isn’t current with his CPR/AED training, he was just responding as a medical doctor, using his previously obtained training.

The current training requires - prior to even touching the victim - the responder to tell one person to call 911 and another retrieve the nearest AED.