Use in Leisure Time: Viennese Paramedic Couple Saved Family Father's Life

The helpers were alerted via the lifesaver app after the 55-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest at the beginning of the week and immediately took action. "We set off immediately and were with the patient in less than a minute," paramedic Julian said according to a statement from the Vienna Professional Rescue Service.

55-Year-Old in Vienna-Penzing Suffered a Heart Attack

The 55-year-old was sitting in the car with his wife on Monday when he suffered a heart attack around 5:00 PM at the intersection of Linzer Straße and Zehetnergasse in Penzing. Subsequently, his heart stopped beating. The wife stopped the vehicle and called emergency services. The 20-year-old Franziska, who volunteers with the Samaritan Association Vienna, and her 30-year-old fiancé Julian, who has been working as an emergency paramedic (NKI) with the Vienna Professional Rescue Service for five years and previously worked with the rescue service in Lower Austria, were at their apartment near the intersection at the time. Simultaneously, their phones alerted them, and they ran to the scene.

Without delay, they were able to begin chest compressions while several rescue teams and first responders from the professional fire department and Vienna police also made their way. Within minutes, the emergency teams, along with a defibrillator, were on site. The teams from the Vienna Professional Rescue Service then took over the emergency medical care of the patient. After just twelve minutes, the father's heart began to beat on its own again. He was then flown by helicopter to a clinic for further care.

Paramedic Couple in Vienna Happy About Successful Operation

"Our hearts beat for each other, together we made another one beat again," Franziska and Julian rejoiced about their operation. Rainer Gottwald, head of the Vienna Professional Rescue Service, praised the couple's intervention in their free time: "The courageous and successful intervention of the Samaritan Association paramedic and the professional rescue service paramedic shows the good cooperation and good training of the rescue forces in Vienna."

The lifesaver app made the quick rescue possible. Every registered person is immediately informed on their phone about emergencies within a 400-meter radius of their location. The alarm is triggered by the Vienna rescue control center, and the helpers are then guided to the scene via navigation. Employees of rescue services, the fire department, the police, and partner organizations can register. Private individuals can register if they have completed at least an eight-hour first aid course.

(APA/Red)

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